British military hit with cyberattacks

[Guest ~BD~]

The British Ministry of Defence is currently coping with a cyberattack

that has managed to redirect e-mails from multiple Royal Air Force

facilities to computers inside Russia, according to a report from

Military.com's DefenseTech blog. The attack, which took the form of an

e-mail worm, is reported to have driven MOD officials to shut down all

e-mail for a period earlier this week.

 

The attack comes on the heels of a malware attack on the U.S. Department

of Defense's networks late last year, as reported here. That attack led

to the temporary ban on removable media such as USB "thumb drives,"

which were an alleged culprit in the attacks.

 

A spokesman for Joint Task Force Global Network Operations said that

current policy is to require the certification of all storage devices

prior to being attached to systems connected to the Global Information

Grid.

 

While there's been no attribution for these attacks, they are part of an

escalating cyber war being waged over the Internet, including Russian

"hacktivist" attacks on Estonia and Georgia over the past two years.

Hacktivists - politically motivated hackers who may or may not have a

state affiliation, but are responding to a particular event - are a

growing threat, according to Mark Hall, director of information

assurance policy and strategy for the Office of the Assistant Secretary

of Defense.

 

Hall spoke about hacktivists in a presentation at the MILCOM conference

in November. "The hacktivist threat is real," he said. "A nation can

influence their activity while also denying culpability. We haven't seen

any sort of restraint in these communities to keep them from carrying

out these attacks."

 

Posted by Sean Gallagher on Jan 22, 2009 at 1:31 PM

 

http://defensesystems.com/blogs/forward-ob...spx?s=ds_280109

[Guest Tom [Pepper] Willett]

WGAS, hoople head?

 

"~BD~" <BoaterDave@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:%

[Guest Sinbad The Sailor]

WGAS (1420 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Religious format. Licensed

to South Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. The station is currently owned by

Victory Christian Center. - WIKIPEDIA

 

 

On 28/01/2009 21:58, in article e6KMIOZgJHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, "Tom

[Pepper] Willett" <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote:

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> WGAS, hoople head?

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[Guest Tom [Pepper] Willett]

ROFLMAO! But, still, WGAS?

 

"Sinbad The Sailor" <roliasehtdabnis@sinbadthesailor.net> wrote in message

news:C5A784FC.3638%roliasehtdabnis@sinbadthesailor.net...

: WGAS (1420 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Religious format.

Licensed

: to South Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. The station is currently owned by

: Victory Christian Center. - WIKIPEDIA

:

:

: On 28/01/2009 21:58, in article e6KMIOZgJHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,

"Tom

: [Pepper] Willett" <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote:

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: > WGAS, hoople head?

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[Guest ~BD~]

Best wash your mouth out with soapy water, Mr Willett.

 

For Sinbad - a fellow sailor! He means - Who gives a sh t!

 

--

Dave

 

 

"Tom [Pepper] Willett" <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote in message

news:OgBcsxigJHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

> ROFLMAO! But, still, WGAS?

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> message

> news:C5A784FC.3638%roliasehtdabnis@sinbadthesailor.net...

> : WGAS (1420 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Religious format.

> Licensed

> : to South Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. The station is currently

> owned by

> : Victory Christian Center. - WIKIPEDIA

> :

> :

> : On 28/01/2009 21:58, in article

> e6KMIOZgJHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,

> "Tom

> : [Pepper] Willett" <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote:

> :

> : > WGAS, hoople head?

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