The Alexandria Project, Chap. 27: Here's to the Company! | Linux Today

The Alexandria Project, Chap. 27: Here’s to the Company!

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Andy Updegrove
Jul 27, 2010

“Frank Adversego Sr. swung his ancient Land Rover back onto the
highway, a server humming in the back and Frank Jr. tapping away in
the front on his laptop. Power and connector cables passed between
the two seats.

“”I’ve only got an AirCard to work, but if we’re lucky I’ll have
Foomjoy’s entire hard drive replicated by the time we cross the
Mississippi. I’ve already got the CIA’s list of hacked sites from
the CIA, so let’s see what that shows.”

“Frank pored over the data as they drove eastward into the
night. There seemed to be no order or pattern to the 492 sites that
had been attacked to date. Every type of host had been hit –
newspapers, universities, retailers, government sites, non-profits
– you name it. After the first few high profile targets, the
most obvious conclusion seemed to be that the hits had been chosen
at random.

“What to make of that?”


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