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Re: What kind of Pentagon computers were hacked by the Chinese military?


From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 18:42:55 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, rms () computerbytesman com wrote:
Lieutenant General Robert Elder, senior Air Force officer for cyberspace
issues, recently joked that North Korea "must only have one laptop" to make
the more serious point that every potential adversary - except Pyongyang -
routinely scans US computer networks.

What do other countries think of "attacks" originating from US IP addresses? Almost every measurement indicates US IP addresses are the source of more attacks on more parts of the Internet than any other country. How successful are US crackers at penetrating computers around the world?

If you were in charge of cybersecurity for <Insert country name here>'s
military, who would you be worrying about?

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