[pchelpers] News:U.S. military networks under cyber attacks

19:03' 29/11/2008 (GMT+7) 

Cyber hackers have launched a series of "malware" attacks on U.S. combat
zone computers and the U.S. Central Command overseeing Iraq and
Afghanistan, under scoring concerns about computer warfare, it was
reported on Friday. 

The attacks prompted senior military leaders to take the exceptional
step of briefing President George W. Bush this week, according to the
Los Angeles Times. 

Such attacks may have originated in Russia -- an incursion that posed
unusual concern among commanders and raised potential implications for
national security, the paper noted. 

More here:
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/international/2008/11/816079/
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