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31. They were clueless back in the 80s

Tue Jan 10, 2012, 10:36 PM

Jan 2012

Cliff Stoll practically had to beg the government to investigate the hacking into Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which was used as a launching point for attacks against other research and military networks.

But you don't really see this from a programmer point of view. When military network operators have to just block ALL Chinese-based IPs because of constant attacks (not DDOS, actual scans and manual hack attempts), you know there's a real concerted, effort by certain foreign governments.

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US expels Venezuelan diplomat after cyber-attack claims [View all] alp227 Jan 2012 OP

Thought crimes........... PDJane Jan 2012 #1

Meh, theater. boppers Jan 2012 #2

Cyber-attack against the US government is going on constantly DissedByBush Jan 2012 #11

Cyber attack against *everything* is going on constantly. boppers Jan 2012 #13

.gov, .mil, .edu and .com DissedByBush Jan 2012 #15

Meh. boppers Jan 2012 #16

Maybe email DissedByBush Jan 2012 #18

Oh, maybe we haven't been introduced. boppers Jan 2012 #22

They were clueless back in the 80s DissedByBush Jan 2012 #31

"But you don't really see this from a programmer point of view. " LOL boppers Jan 2012 #38

It stopped a constant hammering DissedByBush Jan 2012 #40

just ask Iran how that Stuxnet virus turned out AlecBGreen Jan 2012 #27

It's a dumb ass chaos virus. boppers Jan 2012 #39

Actual background to circumstances here dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #3

Actually, has Acosta denied being on the tapes? msanthrope Jan 2012 #4

No idea. dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #5

Since when have you ever seen a corporate media reporter actually make contact with a leftist Judi Lynn Jan 2012 #8

I'd really like to see more on this. Everyone is attacking various people and claiming they have stevenleser Jan 2012 #10

I've not seen nor heard Acosta deny it was her in the video Zorro Jan 2012 #17

She is not being mistranslated. And she has not denied it was her. joshcryer Jan 2012 #24

Oh, yeah! I thought this crap was settled long ago, didn't you? Judi Lynn Jan 2012 #6

Yes but thanks for providing such a lucid reminder Judi dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #7

Thanks Judi Lynn, everyone should remember ^^^^^^ Lionessa Jan 2012 #9

So * and Cisneros used their immense power and media ownership hughee99 Jan 2012 #21

Univision is just reporting on what the students led by Juan Carlos found. joshcryer Jan 2012 #25

You're writing fiction: Cisneros is NOT on the board of directors of Univision* ChangoLoa Jan 2012 #30

Didn't say Univision is broadcast in Venezuela. Never discussed that, never considered it. Judi Lynn Jan 2012 #32

No, you said Cisneros is still on the board of directors, which is wrong. ChangoLoa Jan 2012 #34

Univision is not Venezuelan nor transmitted in Venezuela outside the satellite or the cable network. ChangoLoa Jan 2012 #29

Clearly I didn't write Univision is broadcast in Venezuela. People are well aware it's domestic. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2012 #33

That reply wasn't addressed to you. nt ChangoLoa Jan 2012 #35

Most likely just more US Gov't propaganda bullshit JohnyCanuck Jan 2012 #12

"We are forever desperate to believe that this time the media is telling us the truth." boppers Jan 2012 #14

Juan Cole: This story is not very plausible ... hackers can be anywhere and like anonymity pampango Jan 2012 #19

Juan Cole once again reminds us of why he is an idiot vminfla Jan 2012 #28

Audio recordings vminfla Jan 2012 #20

You can hear them in a Univision report, but Univision is evil here: joshcryer Jan 2012 #23

Little bit of woo-wooism on the left vminfla Jan 2012 #26

I heard someone speaking Spanish ronnie624 Jan 2012 #36

No I cannot identify them and I have trouble understanding it. joshcryer Jan 2012 #37