http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/27/army-defense-task-force-targeting-hackers/ By Shaun Waterman UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL October 27, 2008 The U.S. Army has set up a task force to counter the theft of sensitive data by hackers breaking into the computer networks of military contractors. The Defense Industrial Base Cyber-Security Task Force was quietly established earlier this year, in the face of what an Army document says are continuing large-scale thefts of "controlled unclassified information" from contractor systems. "Exfiltrations of unclassified data from [military contractor computer] systems have occurred and continue to occur, potentially undermining and even neutralizing the technological advantage and combat effectiveness of the future force," the document says. At stake is sensitive data "used in the development of war-fighting systems during the acquisition life-cycle." In military lingo, that means information about weapons programs being developed and produced by private-sector contractors. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Tue Oct 28 2008 - 02:07:02 PDT
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