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Art, Writing, and Learning: The Clerisy Quarter => Discussion and Debate - The Philosopher's Plaza => Topic started by: Jubal on June 16, 2011, 04:52:26 PM

Title: Hackers hit the CIA?
Post by: Jubal on June 16, 2011, 04:52:26 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13787229

So... what do you think of the rapidly increasing power of hackers and "hacktivists"? They seem to be going - and successfully - for bigger and bigger targets...
Title: Re: Hackers hit the CIA?
Post by: Marcus on June 16, 2011, 06:23:05 PM
Well, they took down the CIA's PR site, if they manage to take down their internal infrastructure, then I'll be impressed.
Title: Re: Hackers hit the CIA?
Post by: Jubal on June 16, 2011, 09:36:00 PM
Yeah... I'm not sure what I think of the amount of potential power hackers have though; while most regular hackers seem to be alright if pretty anarchic it worries me what malicious or criminal minded hackers can be getting up to, at really quite high levels.
Title: Re: Hackers hit the CIA?
Post by: debux on June 17, 2011, 02:02:39 AM
Lol, and I thought it was the video game related things that were getting hacked.

Hacking: the new wave.
Title: Re: Hackers hit the CIA?
Post by: comrade_general on June 17, 2011, 02:19:31 AM
See the movie Live Free or Die Hard; it's stupid, but this is what it's story is about.
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