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IP: Contractor admits hackers stole U.S. satellite software
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 14:35:18 -0500
Contractor admits hackers stole U.S. satellite software http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5006606.html?tag=mn_hd "Exigent International, a U.S. government contractor, acknowledged Friday that one or more cyberthieves broke into a restricted federal computer system and stole the company's proprietary code for controlling satellite systems." ... "The U.S. Air Force has plans to use the OS/COMET software to control the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System from its Colorado Springs Monitor Station, which is part of the Air Force Space Command"
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