darkfnord23 - Slashdot User

Comment Why is this bad? (Score 1) 412

by darkfnord23 on Sunday October 12, 2008 @04:07PM (#25347221) Attached to: Court Rules That Palin Must Save Yahoo Emails

I despise Palin, and it's hilarious that someone got in just by guessing her 'security' questions, but why is the secret email with other officials bad? Shouldn't secret communications always be an option? She could have just had meetings in closed conference rooms, what's the difference if it's done over the 'net?

"Iron Man" Release Brings Down Paramount's Servers 283

Posted by kdawson on Saturday October 04, 2008 @11:35PM from the super-hero-effect dept.

secmartin writes "Shortly after the release of Iron Man on Blu-ray on October 1, people started complaining of defective discs; the problem turned out to be that all the Blu-ray players downloading additional content brought down Paramount's BD-Live servers, causing delays while loading the disc. Which really makes you wonder what will happen when they decide to shut down this service in a couple of years."

Chinese Military Hacked Into Pentagon 405

Posted by kdawson on Monday September 03, 2007 @10:25PM from the scan-the-port-slowly dept.

iFrated informs us of a successful penetration of US Defense Department computers by the Chinese military last June. From the article: "The Pentagon acknowledged shutting down part of a computer system serving the office of Robert Gates, defense secretary, but declined to say who it believed was behind the attack. Current and former officials have told the Financial Times an internal investigation has revealed that the incursion came from the [Chinese] People's Liberation Army. One senior US official said the Pentagon had pinpointed the exact origins of the attack. Another person familiar with the event said there was a 'very high level of confidence... trending towards total certainty' that the PLA was responsible." The PLA is also accused of breaking into German government computers, including a network in the office of the Chancellor.

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