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bluemonq
08-25-2004, 01:33 PM
well, not the entire thing. but it'll be interesting to see which sections the alleged cyber terrorists are going to attack:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1639246,00.asp

Concerns Mount over Major Web Strike
By David Morgenstern
August 24, 2004

A coordinated online strike against Internet servers by terrorists, dubbed "electronic jihad," may or may not strike this week, security experts said. One security researcher in Moscow warned that Thursday would be the day in question.

But a recent string of attacks on primary Internet services and the unraveling of major encryption routines are raising concerns in the Internet operator community.

According to a Tuesday RIA Novosti report, Russian security researcher Yevgeny Kaspersky, founder of Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs International, said a strike against political and financial sites was expected on Thursday.
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just to make sure your computer hasn't been hacked and has been, is, or will be employed in an attack, run your antivirus, and get patched up people...
http://it.slashdot.org/it/04/08/25/1533213.shtml?tid=172&tid=95&tid=1

Faithless
08-25-2004, 03:42 PM
Does this mean that YW chat is out for tomorrow? :rolleyes:

TB4000
08-25-2004, 05:42 PM
Hmmmm, you sure know a lot about this, bluemonq....you trying to give us fair warning or what? ;)