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Old 11-19-2009, 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by DAL4EVER View Post

Apparently one such hack last year allowed the hacker to break into CENTCOM's mainframe and download three days worth of information regarding all intel, troop movements, communications, etc. Very scary stuff. The hacker(s) was never caught.
Anything really important is physically isolated...ie you can't get to it via the internet. You would need to penetrate layers of physical security to even access a network node. Not to say it's impossible, but now you need James Bond as opposed to a socially-inept adolescent.
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