Internet Attack Called Broad and Long Lasting by Investigators (fwd)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: chodge5 () utk edu
Date: May 10, 2005 10:35:45 AM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Internet Attack Called Broad and Long Lasting by  
Investigators (fwd)



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Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 22:37:34 -0700
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb () cs columbia edu>
To: nanog () nanog org
Subject: Internet Attack Called Broad and Long Lasting by Investigators


SAN FRANCISCO, May 9 - The incident seemed alarming enough: a breach
of a Cisco Systems network in which an intruder seized programming
instructions for many of the computers that control the flow of
the Internet.

Now federal officials and computer security investigators have
acknowledged that the Cisco break-in last year was only part of a
more extensive operation - involving a single intruder or a small
band, apparently based in Europe - in which thousands of computer
systems were similarly penetrated.


....

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/technology/10cisco.html? 
hp&ex=1115784000&en=eeb27da2e75ec022&ei=5094&partner=homepage


        --Prof. Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb




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