Less than 2% of computer attacks on military are successful
After last weeks spam run on Iraq, the US military and NIPC are concerned Iraq might be behind a rise in electronic attacks against government and military networks. The assessment said recent computer disruptions have included Web defacements, "denial of service" attacks that can disrupt or paralyze a network, and hacking "probes" and "scans" aimed at testing the vulnerability of a network. But the article also says less than 2% of the "attacks" resulted in a successful intrusion. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/17/technology/17HACK.html
But the article also says less than 2% of the "attacks" resulted in a successful intrusion.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/17/technology/17HACK.html 2% would be an embarrassingly large success rate for intrusion on a "secured" military network. But, I'm sure they'll float any articles they can to get congress to allocate more funds to the cyberpanic squad--go go big brother. Not too mention, the news whores are always a willing accomplice in fabricating hype. Oh wait, is today cynical Friday? --jnull
From: "jnull" <jnull@truerouting.com>
But the article also says less than 2% of the "attacks" resulted in a successful intrusion.
2% would be an embarrassingly large success rate for intrusion on a "secured" military network.
Not to mention the definition of "attack" the article seems to use. After all, a DoS or a probe doesn't actually result in an intrusion, even when they're successful. - Kandra
Well they don't tell you which 2 percent either. For all we know "only 2 percent were successful" and yielded launch codes... or "only 2 percent were successful" and yielded next weeks lunch schedule. Big difference on which 2 percent:). On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, jnull wrote:
But the article also says less than 2% of the "attacks" resulted in a successful intrusion.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/17/technology/17HACK.html
2% would be an embarrassingly large success rate for intrusion on a "secured" military network. But, I'm sure they'll float any articles they can to get congress to allocate more funds to the cyberpanic squad--go go big brother. Not too mention, the news whores are always a willing accomplice in fabricating hype.
Oh wait, is today cynical Friday?
--jnull
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