South Pole 'cyberterrorist' hack wasn't the first | |
From: | Joe Klemmer |
Date: | Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:38:58 -0400 |
South Pole 'cyberterrorist' hack wasn't the first By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus Aug 18 2004 4:00PM It's a tale Tom Clancy might have written. From their lair in distant Romania, shadowy cyber extortionists penetrate the computers controlling the life support systems at a Antarctic research station, confronting the 58 scientists and contractors wintering over at the remote post with the sudden prospect of an icy death. After some twists and turns, the researchers are saved in the fourth act by an international law enforcement effort led by FBI agents wielding a controversial, but misunderstood, federal surveillance law. http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9356 -- Joe KlemmerUnix System/Network Administrator & Ad Hoc Programmer