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There were more than 250,000 attacks on Department of Defense computers last year, and 65% were successful. Little is known about who launched them, why, or what they found. In a recent test, Defense Department "red teams" admit to intentionally hacking into 18,200 systems, with only 5% of the attacks detected; only 27% of those attacks were reported.

Wonder if the timing of these stories has anything to do with the end of term legislative push on wiretapping.

Quite possibly. The message from this article is clear. Step up investigation and prosecution of illegal government Net activities :-) -- Steve