[news] Pentagon computers broken into over 250 times

[Vipul Ved Prakash]

*** Pentagon computers broken into over 250 times

More than 250 U.S. Defense Department computer systems were broken
into last year and the number of attempted break-ins was projected to
double this year, a U.S. intelligence official said. The comments
that Air Force Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minihan, director of the National
Security Agency (NSA), made Saturday at an intelligence convention
were released Thursday. Urging stepped-up awareness of cyber security
issues, Minihan said the United States built its information
infrastructure on a "poor foundation -- and we will eventually pay
for it." See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=5585016-7b1                   

-- 
Powell lingered. "How's Earth?" 
It was a conventional enough question and Muller gave the 
conventional answer, "Still spinning."
				      -- "Reason", Asimov. 
==================================================================
Vipul Ved Prakash                 | - Electronic Security & Crypto 
vipul at best.com 	                  | - Web Objects 
91 11 2233328                     | - PERL Development 
198 Madhuban IP Extension         | - Linux & Open Systems 
Delhi, INDIA 110 092              | - Networked Virtual Spaces