housegroover Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 HACKERS have broken into some of the world's most powerful computer clusters in recent weeks in an apparently coordinated cyber attack targeting research and academic institutions. Although officials sought to play down the seriousness of the threats, some security experts warned that such a break-in could potentially enable a serious attack on the internet. Stanford University, the San Diego Supercomputer Centre and the University of Illinois' National Centre for Supercomputing Applications (NSCA) were among the systems hit. Also affected was TeraGrid, a government-funded effort to link together several supercomputers, including those at San Diego and NCSA, so scientists can better crunch data for weather forecasting, astronomy and medicine. "There's been some unauthorised access, but it's not that anything has been damaged or taken over," said Catherine Foster of Argonne National Laboratory, home to TeraGrid's coordinator. "This seems to be part of an effort (by hackers) to gain merit badges." But Peter Allor, director of intelligence with the internet Security Systems' X-Force research unit, said universities and research institutions are prime targets for hacking because they have very powerful computers with plenty of internet bandwidth. Those resources, he said, could be tapped to launch so-called denial-of-service attacks that can disrupt major web sites and email systems around the world, potentially bringing down the internet. Source: Australian IT Full Article: http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0...5E15306,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastique Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 I wanna know who did it, and asked if they can change my grades :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyout Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 just a matter of time before they create the Skynet virus....(the virus that was self aware and infected Skynet to become One) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxBoy Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 just a matter of time before they create the Skynet virus....(the virus that was self aware and infected Skynet to become One) awaiting that day.. :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idkfa Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 awaiting that day.. :shifty: judgement day :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 judgement day :ninja: you do realize that skynet is a piece of hardware? (well was at first) and became a virus that became self aware and was able to use every single piece of electrical machinery in the entire world. Althought even tho it may kill me, i would love to see it actually happen. Althought the terminator story is very twist with the constant Sent back in time Killing machine. Cant wait for t4 :D :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastique Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 wtf is skynet? A movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellBender Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 wtf is skynet? A movie? Terminator :dontgetit: *pulls that rock off from above your head* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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