A paragraph from my studies I found rather interesting, and thought you might
too.
{Hacking has become a serious problem, with new reports of hacking
attempts into private or government computers occurring almost daily. For
example, U.S. Department of Defense computers are attacked by hackers
hundreds of thousands of times a year, with probably many more times that
number of attacks going undetected. Many feel, in fact, that hacking is one
of the most serious threats to our nation's security. For example, in 19997
the National Security Agency hired 35 professional hackers to perform
simulated attacks on the U.S. electronic onfrastructure. During that
exercise, the hackers achieved access to 36 of the Department of Defense's
400,000 networks, turned off sections of the U.S. power grid, shut down parts
of the 911 network in Washington, D.C., and gained access to systems aboard
a Navy cruiser at sea. Aother example of the potential threat hackers to our
defense occured during the Gulf War when it was reported that Dutch hackers
stole information about U.S. troop movements from U.S. Defense Department
computers and tried to sell that information to the Iraqis. Fortunately, the
Iraqis thought it was a hoax and turned it down. Hacking also poses a serious
threat to vulnerable business computer systems.}
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Chris
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Science is an atempt to investegate the mirical of life.
The Martian Chronicles
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