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Re: incidents from history
From: Jason Chambers <jchambers () ucla edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:48:58 -0800
Flavio Silva wrote:
I want to know if someone can name the greatest incident of the computer history, but not the Morris Worm.
As far as "greatest" reported incidents go, I regard this event to be high caliber: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_telephone_tapping_case_2004-2005 http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jul07/5280 As well as this report: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-509186/CIA-launches-hunt-international-hackers-threatening-hold-cities-ransom-shutting-power.html --Jason ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This list is sponsored by: Black Hat USA Attend Black Hat USA, August 2-7 in Las Vegas, the world's premier technical event for ICT security experts. Featuring 40 hands-on training courses and 80 Briefings presentations with lots of new content and new tools. Network with 4,000 delegates from 50 nations. Visit product displays by 30 top sponsors in a relaxed setting. www.blackhat.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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