CNN: Marine Corps headquarters at Pentagon hit by computer virus | Linux Today

CNN: Marine Corps headquarters at Pentagon hit by computer virus

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 22, 1999

[ Thanks to Abel
for this link. ]

“Marine Corps computer technicians were at work overnight
Friday, improving security, after the Corps headquarters at the
Pentagon was hit by a “worm virus,” a Marine Corps source told
CNN.”

“The Thursday afternoon attack infiltrated only “unclassified”
computer systems, according to the source, and affected Microsoft
programs only. Computer systems containing sensitive or
“classified” information were not affected, he said…”

The Pentagon has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in
the last several years bolstering computer security, to combat
attacks on computer systems from international foes, companies and
domestic computer hackers.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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