http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018035088_cyber21m.html By Katherine Long Seattle Times higher education reporter April 20, 2012 Somewhere in Texas right now, 30 hackers known as the Red Team are attacking a computer network called Go Mommy, using every trick to try to bring it to its knees. Among the defenders: Eight computer-science students from the University of Washington, working to repel the attack — quite possibly while humming the "Angry Birds" theme song. If the hackers follow the script from years past, they might taunt the students by replacing the network's home screen with a giant picture of David Hasselhoff. Or leave a trail of empty folders to show they've gotten into the system, the first one labeled "Batman" and the subsequent folders labeled after the beats of the old TV show's theme song: da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da... Or they might start wiping everything off the networked computers, then restart them, leaving empty shells in place of working machines. [...] _______________________________________________ LayerOne Security Conference May 26-27, Clarion Hotel, Anaheim, CA http://www.layerone.orgReceived on Mon Apr 23 2012 - 00:17:21 PDT
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