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  • Jul 14, 2011, 05:16 PM
    paraclete
    How come we get the news first?
    Here's one you won't see in the US at least not quickly and you have to ask, I know we are a day ahead, date wise, but news is similtaneous, isn't it, like it doesn't happen here before it happens there, or does it?
    ?US Pentagon discloses massive cyber theft
  • Jul 14, 2011, 05:30 PM
    smoothy

    You mean Wikileaks wasn't it? I'll bet Lockheed-Martin is their IT provider based on personal experience with them..
  • Jul 14, 2011, 05:49 PM
    tomder55

    Your're right... this wasn't a big news item here today. I read defense releases and Stratfor and got wind of it . This was revealed today when Lynn unveiled a new cyber security strategery in a speech .
    http://www.defense.gov/news/d20110714cyber.pdf

    As to who may have hacked the Pentagon Computers ;I have my suspicions . All I know for sure is that it wasn't Pfc Bradley Manning .
  • Jul 14, 2011, 05:52 PM
    tomder55
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by smoothy View Post
    You mean Wikileaks wasn't it? I'll bet Lockheed-Martin is their IT provider based on personal experience with them..
    Lynn described the current cyberdefense as a Maginot line. Let's face facts ;the Middle Kingdom is preparing for war against us and is probing for weakness.
  • Jul 14, 2011, 05:57 PM
    NeedKarma
    Pentagon Admits 24,000 Files Were Hacked, Declares Cyberspace A Theater Of War

    Foreign Hackers Stole 24,000 Military Files, Pentagon Says

    Pentagon: 24,000 files stolen in cyber attack - Jennifer Epstein and Jennifer Martinez - POLITICO.com

    Pentagon cites largest-ever loss of defense data in cyberattack; reveals new defense strategy | StarTribune.com

    24,000 Pentagon files stolen in major cyber breach, official says - Checkpoint Washington - The Washington Post

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/wo...yber.html?_r=1
  • Jul 14, 2011, 06:27 PM
    smoothy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    Lynn described the current cyberdefense as a Maginot line. Let's face facts ;the Middle Kingdom is preparing for war against us and is probing for weakness.
    Yep... no rest for the wicked. Ignoring a problem doesn't make it go away.
  • Jul 14, 2011, 09:28 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    As to who may have hacked the Pentagon Computers ;I have my suspicions
    My vote is Rupert Murdoch and News after all they have years of experience
  • Jul 15, 2011, 02:19 AM
    tomder55

    I'd say it was the same people who did their practice on GMAIL
  • Jul 15, 2011, 06:19 AM
    speechlesstx

    Dude, you were even scooped by Huffpo. They beat you by 13 minutes if my calculations are correct.

    Foreign Hackers Stole 24,000 Military Files, Pentagon Says
    Pentagon

    The Huffington Post Gerry Smith First Posted: 7/14/11 06:19 PM ET Updated: 7/14/11 06:20 PM ET
  • Jul 18, 2011, 06:56 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    Dude, you were even scooped by Huffpo. They beat you by 13 minutes if my calculations are correct.

    Foreign Hackers Stole 24,000 Military Files, Pentagon Says
    Pentagon

    The Huffington Post Gerry Smith First Posted: 7/14/11 06:19 PM ET Updated: 7/14/11 06:20 PM ET
    Well that's what I might have expected, a respectable media source closer to home got it first
  • Jul 19, 2011, 06:23 AM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by paraclete View Post
    Well that's what I might have expected, a respectable media source closer to home got it first
    Who said anything about respectable?
  • Jul 19, 2011, 07:34 AM
    paraclete
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    Who said anything about respectable?
    Sorry speech sarcasm font not engaged
  • Jul 19, 2011, 07:34 AM
    NeedKarma
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by paraclete View Post
    sorry speech sarcasm font not engaged
    Hehe LOL!
  • Jul 19, 2011, 07:54 AM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    Hehe LOL!
    What, you think I didn't get the sarcasm?
  • Jul 19, 2011, 04:39 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    What, you think I didn't get the sarcasm?
    That is a have you stopped beating your wife yet question ('u')

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