Re: Hackers Get Data of U.S. Federal Lab Visitors

[scott <redhowlingwolves () bellsouth net>]

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Planetlabs anyone?


Paul Ferguson wrote:
> Via The Daily News.
>
> [snip]
>
> he Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed on Thursday that a
> "sophisticated cyber attack" over the last few weeks may have
> allowed personal information about thousands of lab visitors to be
> stolen.
>
> The assault appeared "to be part of a coordinated attempt to gain
> access to computer networks at numerous laboratories and other
> institutions across the country," lab director Thom Mason said in a
> memo to the 4,200 employees at the Department of Energy facility.
>
> Oak Ridge officials would not identify the other institutions
> affected by the breach. But they said hackers may have infiltrated
> a database of names, Social Security numbers and birth dates of
> every lab visitor between 1990 and 2004.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www.tdn.com/articles/2007/12/06/ap/hitech/d8tc7k582.txt
>
> - ferg

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