http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219056/Booz_Allen_CEO_downplays_effect_of_Anonymous_hack By Robert McMillan IDG News Service August 9, 2011 A July cyberattack on Booz Allen Hamilton will not materially harm the company's bottom line, its CEO said Tuesday. The Anonymous hacking collective stole source code, e-mail addresses and other data from Booz Allen and published it online on July 11. Still, the company does not expect "the cost of remediation and other activities directly associated with the attack" to "have a material affect on our financial results," said Ralph Shrader, Booz Allen's Chairman and CEO on a conference call with analysts. His remarks were posted in a transcript of the call on the SeekingAlpha website. AntiSec, a group affiliated with the Anonymous umbrella organization, claimed credit for the Booz Allen hack. It published a list of 90,000 military e-mail addresses, apparently stolen from Booz Allen's systems, along with "hashed" passwords that could possibly be cracked by a determined attacker. Groups affiliated with Anonymous have broken into a number of government contractors -- most notably a company called HB Gary Federal -- this year, looking to embarrass them and expose shady practices. According to emails stolen from HB Gary's servers, the company had been working on a proposal to manipulate social media with Booz Allen [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Wed Aug 10 2011 - 05:34:55 PDT
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