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US computer systems are vulnerable

Posted by sengan on Friday December 18, 1998 @05:21PM from the head-hiding-in-sand-does-not-help dept.

The ULTIMATE Crippler writes "According to this story, the U.S. government has already conceded that its systems are vulnerable to wide-spread attacks that would cut off power, military computer systems, and more. The tools used to prove this are available to any 12 year old with a PC and modem. So after all these years of hacking legends, security has gotten worse??? " Now... how many people are surprised?

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