Two Instances Of Hacking
InfoWorld details a massive botnet attack on root servers today (that went largely unnoticed) –
“Two of the root servers suffered badly, although they did not completely crash; some of the others also saw heavy traffic,” said John Crain, chief technical officer with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
The two hardest-hit servers are maintained by the U.S. Department of Defense and ICANN, he added.
Petro said engineers are still “scratching their heads” about the reason for the attack.
Scotsman covers ongoing (and accelerating) MoD penetrations by most likely the Chinese –
Ministry of Defence computer networks have been repeatedly penetrated by hackers, raising fears that sensitive military information could have been obtained by foreign powers.
The MoD yesterday confirmed its systems have been hacked into at least nine times since 2002. Five of the successful “attacks” took place last year. Computer-security experts say the real number is likely to be even higher, as some hackers are skilful enough to leave no trace of their activities.
The ministry was unable to say where the attacks originated, but Western security officials are increasingly concerned that China is using hackers to target sensitive information.
-Shlok
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