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RTchoke
July 10th, 2009, 5:13 pm
Looks like whoever is doing this is relentless. Quick! Get the Cyber Czar!

US State Department under cyberattack for fourth day
Jul 9 04:32 PM US/Eastern


The US State Department said Thursday its website came under cyberattack for a fourth day running as it tried to prevent further attacks.

"I'm just going to speak about our website, the state.gov website. There's not a high volume of attacks. But we're still concerned about it. They are continuing," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters.

"We are taking measures to deal with this and any potential new attacks," Kelly added.

According to computer security experts, a dozen US government websites, including those of the White House, Pentagon and State Department, were targeted in a coordinated cyberattack which also struck sites in South Korea.

South Korean lawmakers were quoted as saying Wednesday that South Korea's intelligence service believes North Korea or its sympathizers may have staged the attack.

But Kelly added: "I have no information... of North Korean involvement. I have... nothing that I can confirm."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.a6c27e3843e8f645f9e395649a3a85e 5.c51&show_article=1
sironin
July 10th, 2009, 5:16 pm
I have to wonder why there isn't a top level domain blackhole for foreign countries trying to visit those sites...
Dr. Funkenstein
July 10th, 2009, 5:17 pm
Well...NK's plan all along was to take down "serve.gov"

;)
pattyk
July 10th, 2009, 5:21 pm
wonder what they are trying to get?? how to build a nuke correctly?
Libstomper
July 10th, 2009, 5:24 pm
They're trying to augment their bi-weekly USAID handouts.
Mohawk5
July 10th, 2009, 5:25 pm
Obviously the DMZ they have set up for the Feds infrastructure is bunk! I cannot believe these systems would not be hardened enough to stop an attack from a 3rd world country.
RTchoke
July 10th, 2009, 5:27 pm
You would think they could figure this out. They are the .gov after all. http://forums.hannity.com/images/smilies/hannity/icon_wink.gif
Dr. Funkenstein
July 10th, 2009, 5:27 pm
wonder what they are trying to get?? how to build a nuke correctly?
I don't think the State Department has those files.

They're kept in the chip implanted in the press secretary's left forearm.
Iggy
July 10th, 2009, 5:30 pm
I can't figure this out. All our enemies are supposed to love us now that Obama is President. Don't they get MSNBC over there?

Someone please send out a press release to North Korea telling them Bush is gone and that they are invited to the White House for Thanksgiving.
Iggy
July 10th, 2009, 5:32 pm
I don't think the State Department has those files.

They're kept in the chip implanted in the press secretary's left forearm.

Good thing its not in his foot. No telling what kind of damage it would do to him if he swallowed it.
Libstomper
July 10th, 2009, 5:32 pm
I can't figure this out. All our enemies are supposed to love us now that Obama is President. Don't they get MSNBC over there?

Someone please send out a press release to north korea telling them Bush is gone and that they are invited to the White House for Thanksgiving.

What I don't get is that when they went on Gov't servers, the "!!!CAUTION!!! YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER US GOVERNMENT INFOSYSTEMS WHERE YOUR ACTIVITIES MAY BE MONITORED!!!" didn't cause them to stop.

:think:
Dr. Funkenstein
July 10th, 2009, 5:33 pm
What I don't get is that when they went on Gov't servers, the "!!!CAUTION!!! YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER US GOVERNMENT INFOSYSTEMS WHERE YOUR ACTIVITIES MAY BE MONITORED!!!" didn't cause them to stop.

:think:
Weird how hackers ignore that ****, isn't it?
Libstomper
July 10th, 2009, 5:34 pm
Weird how hackers ignore that ****, isn't it?

Its like the "Gun-Free Zone" deterrent.
Iggy
July 10th, 2009, 5:36 pm
Its like the "Gun-Free Zone" deterrent.

I always make sure to never commit one of my drive-by shootings in a gun free zone. Its immoral.
Libstomper
July 10th, 2009, 5:37 pm
I always make sure to never commit one of my drive-by shootings in a gun free zone. Its immoral.

AND against the law! You'll have to take the shooting spree around the corner my friend!