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Hackers 'destroy' flight sim site
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 04:41:02 -0500 (CDT)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8049780.stm By Daniel Emery Technology reporter BBC News 14 May 2009 Flight simulator site Avsim has been "destroyed" by malicious hackers. The site, which launched in 1996, covered all aspects of flight simulation, although its main focus was on Microsoft's Flight Simulator. The attack took down the site's two servers and the owners had not established an external backup system. The site's founder, Tom Allensworth, said that the site would be down for the foreseeable future and was unsure if would ever go back up. [...] -- LayerOne 2009, Information Security for the discerning professional. May 23-24 2009 @ The Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, California Visit http://layerone.info for more information
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