Anti-U.S. Hackers Infiltrate Army Servers
May 28, 2009, 23 :33 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (5219 reads) (Other stories by Paul McDougall)
"The hacks are troubling in that they appear to have rendered useless supposedly sophisticated Defense Department tools and procedures designed to prevent such breaches. The department and its branches spend millions of dollars each year on pricey security and antivirus software and employ legions of experts to deploy and manage the tools.
"Equally troubling is the fact that the hacks appear to have originated outside the United States. Turkey is known to harbor significant elements of the al-Qaida network. It was not clear if "m0sted" has links to the terrorist group."
