Hackers Breached US Defense Contractors

Unknown hackers have broken into the security networks of Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) and several other U.S. military contractors, a source with direct knowledge of the attacks told Reuters.

They breached security systems designed to keep out intruders by creating duplicates to "SecurID" electronic keys from EMC Corp's (EMC.N) RSA security division, said the person who was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter.

It was not immediately clear what kind of data, if any, was stolen by the hackers. But the networks of Lockheed and other military contractors contain sensitive data on future weapons systems as well as military technology currently used in battles in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Facebook & Google are CIA Fronts

A collection of links that prove the point.

In the case of both Google and Facebook, three talented students in their 20's came out of obscurity to establish multi-billion dollar enterprises. Do you suppose they had some help?

BY SANDEEP PARWAGA

(FOR HENRYMAKOW.COM)

There used to be a saying: ''No one makes a name for himself without giving something up''

As a youngster, I was awed by people who ''made it to the top'' by creating and innovating corporations, technologies, or simply establishing themselves through sports, music, entertainment, etc. thus becoming millionaires.

Now as I have grown older, I realize how illusory this paradigm really is. I came to the conclusion that if you want to reach the ''top',' you have to give up your soul. 

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Massive cyber attack hits 1.5 million sites, Internet users cautioned

Chris Nerney [IT World]

That being said, this item in the BBC about a cyber assault called the "Lizamoon attack" appears legitimate. It had better be, or I will attack Websense and the BBC every day, with great vigor, for the rest of my life.

Here's what the BBC reports:

Security firm Websense has been tracking the attack since it started on 29 March. The initial count of compromised sites was 28,000 sites but this has grown to encompass many times this number as the attack has rolled on.

Websense dubbed it the Lizamoon attack because that was the name of the first domain to which victims were re-directed. The fake software is called the Windows Stability Center.

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MI5 lure potential spies with online recruitment game

MI5 has launched a new online recruitment game to test candidate’s observation and memory skills as part of a scheme to lure new talent.

Britain’s domestic secret service is trying to identify and enlist the best new employees, who will be expected to meet new, and more demanding, security and surveillance needs, as the organisation prepares for the forthcoming Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPIM). 

These measures are less restricting than the current control order system, allowing terrorist suspects the freedom to use mobile phones and the internet. This has led to calls for improved surveillance measures for the secret service. 

While addressing the House of Lords, Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, the security minister, said that the recruitment push was important "to give the necessary security to the public.”

It has been reported that the MI5 budget was up to £20 million larger this year, to help establish new measures to control terrorist activity. 

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Centcom deploys virtual 'personas' onto Internet

With control of cyberspace increasing in importance to military planners, U.S. Central Command has enlisted a small army of virtual "personas" to have a presence on the Internet – especially on social media sites.

In August, the Tampa-based command, which oversees U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and much of the Middle East, signed a $2.76 million contract with Ntrepid Corp. to provide software that will create as many as 500 "different online persons" with "background, history, supporting details, and cyber presences that are technically, culturally and geographically consistent," according to details from the contract request posted online in June.

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