17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
At 21:33 -0400 6/1/96, winn@Infowar.Com wrote:
The article discussed the advanced information warfare techniques used by the perpetrators. "According to the American National Security Agency (NSA), they have penetrated computer systems using 'logic bombs' (coded devices that can be remotely detonated)
Unless the definition has changed recently, a "logic bomb" is normally a piece of code in a program that is triggered when a specific event occurs (such as the programmer's name not appearing in a payroll file for a designated period of time [which might trigger a salami round off routine to start cutting checks 2 months after s/he is no longer working for the company]).