13:54 The human factor back on the horse | |
| National Laboratory, Oak Ridge (ORNL) has undergone a complex and subtle attacks over the Internet, admits its Director Tom Mason (Thom Mason). Attackers acted in a very sophisticated way: the fake email with malicious attachments were sent to several people whose computers have a connection with both the World Wide Web, and from internal networks lab. One wrong action - and the burglars gained access to a database of all who have been in Oak Ridge for 14 years starting from 1990. After receiving and analyzing this information, hackers have begun to send targeted letters "weak link" in defense laboratory - the people have a fairly high level of access to the LAN from your computer. Made about 1,100 attempts, while applying 7 different versions of letters, almost indistinguishable from conventional internal correspondence, they have ensured that "at least 11 employees" engaged dangerous attachments and give them access to even deeper secrets of hidden laboratory. How serious is the damage inflicted attack is not reported. However, the fact of network penetration Research Center, performing research under the classified "Top Secret" for the Defense Ministry and intelligence services, is worrying. And the way that the attack was carried out, almost nullifying any technical tricks to ensure information security, once again proving that notorious human factor here - still defines the link. | |
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