Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1191-988928810-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 03 May 2001 15:27:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 20687 invoked by uid 510); 3 May 2001 21:27:54 -0000 Received: from mu.egroups.com (64.211.240.238) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 3 May 2001 21:27:54 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1191-988928810-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.52] by mu.egroups.com with NNFMP; 03 May 2001 22:26:51 -0000 X-Sender: azb@llnl.gov X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_2); 3 May 2001 22:26:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 71184 invoked from network); 3 May 2001 22:26:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 3 May 2001 22:26:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp-1.llnl.gov) (128.115.250.81) by mta2 with SMTP; 3 May 2001 22:26:45 -0000 Received: from poptop.llnl.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-1.llnl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.3/LLNL-gateway-1.0) with ESMTP id PAA15173 for <iwar@yahoogroups.com>; Thu, 3 May 2001 15:26:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from catalyst.llnl.gov (catalyst.llnl.gov [128.115.222.68]) by poptop.llnl.gov (8.8.8/LLNL-3.0.2/pop.llnl.gov-5.1) with ESMTP id PAA03591 for <iwar@yahoogroups.com>; Thu, 3 May 2001 15:26:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010503151501.00af8280@poptop.llnl.gov> X-Sender: e048786@poptop.llnl.gov X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 To: iwar@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <200105031450.HAA04491@all.net> From: Tony Bartoletti <azb@llnl.gov> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 15:31:26 -0700 Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [iwar] interesting piece Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit At 07:50 AM 5/3/01 -0700, you wrote: >by James Adams > [snip] >The U.S. military's vulnerability to cyber-attack became clear in June >1997, when the Joint Chiefs of Staff launched an exercise code-named >Eligible Receiver to test the nation's computer defenses. [snip] >Even though they were not allowed to break U.S. law, they >could use any computer hacking programs they could find freely available >on the Internet. [snip] >Over the course of the next two weeks, the teams used the commercial >computers and hacking programs they downloaded from the Internet to >simultaneously break into the power grids of nine American cities and >crack their 911 emergency systems. So, let me get this straight. It is NOT against U.S. law to break into the power grids and 911 emergency systems of American cities? Thanks for clearing that up, I wasn't sure. If these "hackers" had accidently triggered power outages or dispatch failures resulting in mortalities, well, sorry about that, I guess. ___tony___ Tony Bartoletti 925-422-3881 <azb@llnl.gov> Information Operations, Warfare and Assurance Center Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA 94551-9900 ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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