On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 11:36 -0700, Stewart Stremler wrote: > > We *do* have a problem with insecure computers. >
...and the problem is much larger than most people think. I watched a show last night on one of the Discovery networks. Some of you may have heard and/seen it: "Modern Marvels". Last night was several episodes in a row, all of them dealing with "Doomsday Tech". One portion of one of them was regarding "Cyber Crime". They had some security experts and government people on stating that we are already seeing large cyber attacks from some of our enemies. They spoke of one instance of an army network being hacked and monitored for several months before they were even aware of the intrusion. They still don't know how much information the attacker got, but they do know that they had access to tactical plans, etc. This is just one that they detected (finally) out of who knows how many they haven't. Apparently it's a huge concern to some in the computer security arena, but it must not be to the DoD since they still insist on using insecure systems. They also spoke of the trillions of dollars stolen every year from the world's banks from people how are never caught and that we never hear about. There are real hackers out there that are not seen or known that crack bank systems, siphon millions from accounts, transfer it to numbered accounts in banks in the Caymans, and then move on to do it again. PGA -- Paul G. Allen BSIT/SE Owner/Sr. Engineer Random Logic Consulting www.randomlogic.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
