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28th May 2011, 07:08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43199200/ns/technology_and_science-security
Unknown hackers have broken into the security networks of Lockheed Martin Corp and several other U.S. military contractors, a source with direct knowledge of the attacks told Reuters.
They breached security systems designed to keep out intruders by creating duplicates to "SecurID" electronic keys from EMC Corp's RSA security division, said the person who was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter.
It was not immediately clear what kind of data, if any, was stolen by the hackers. But the networks of Lockheed and other military contractors contain sensitive data on future weapons systems as well as military technology (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43199200/ns/technology_and_science-security#) currently used in battles in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Weapons makers are the latest companies to be breached through sophisticated attacks that have pierced the defenses of huge corporations including Sony, Google Inc and EMC Corp. Security experts say that it is virtually impossible for any company or government agency to build a security network that hackers will be unable to penetrate.
One of the comments to the story was very telling :
I'm not surprised at all myself, I was working at Honeywell until they decided they wanted to outsource my job there, and they were all ready over a year ago having major meetings with around 600 Chinese engineers on a large scale with the CEO to get involved in their public aviation system.
Nice work there Cote, thanks for canning me for no reason other than your HR 25 year old types said it would be more efficient to outsource the work over Senior Engineers standing up in meetings disagreeing , and yes I was very vocal at the time about a company that was producing top secret weapons in house working hand in hand with China prior to me getting laid off.
This type of crap in the military complex is more or less compromising our country even more for profits over the long haul, but I'm almost too fed up with it to care anymore.
They probably had one of the Chinese they were recruiting just go into the system directly these days without even having to bother hacking.
I have met the enemy and he is us....................
Unknown hackers have broken into the security networks of Lockheed Martin Corp and several other U.S. military contractors, a source with direct knowledge of the attacks told Reuters.
They breached security systems designed to keep out intruders by creating duplicates to "SecurID" electronic keys from EMC Corp's RSA security division, said the person who was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter.
It was not immediately clear what kind of data, if any, was stolen by the hackers. But the networks of Lockheed and other military contractors contain sensitive data on future weapons systems as well as military technology (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43199200/ns/technology_and_science-security#) currently used in battles in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Weapons makers are the latest companies to be breached through sophisticated attacks that have pierced the defenses of huge corporations including Sony, Google Inc and EMC Corp. Security experts say that it is virtually impossible for any company or government agency to build a security network that hackers will be unable to penetrate.
One of the comments to the story was very telling :
I'm not surprised at all myself, I was working at Honeywell until they decided they wanted to outsource my job there, and they were all ready over a year ago having major meetings with around 600 Chinese engineers on a large scale with the CEO to get involved in their public aviation system.
Nice work there Cote, thanks for canning me for no reason other than your HR 25 year old types said it would be more efficient to outsource the work over Senior Engineers standing up in meetings disagreeing , and yes I was very vocal at the time about a company that was producing top secret weapons in house working hand in hand with China prior to me getting laid off.
This type of crap in the military complex is more or less compromising our country even more for profits over the long haul, but I'm almost too fed up with it to care anymore.
They probably had one of the Chinese they were recruiting just go into the system directly these days without even having to bother hacking.
I have met the enemy and he is us....................