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[ISN] Cyberattacks against DOD up 300 percent this year
From: mea culpa (jericho
DIMENSIONAL.COM)
Date: Mon Nov 08 1999 - 22:03:08 CST
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From: William Knowles <erehwonkizmiaz.dis.org>
http://www.fcw.com/pubs/fcw/1999/1101/web-attack-11-03-99.html
Atlantic City -- The number of cyberattacks reported this year against the
Defense Department's information networks has more than tripled compared
with last year, according to the director of the Defense Information
Systems Agency.
The number of reported cyberattacks or unauthorized intrusions into DOD
networks and systems skyrocketed from 5,844 in 1998 to 18,433 so far
during 1999, according to Lt. Gen. David Kelley, director of DISA and
manager of the National Communications System. Because not all attacks
and intrusions are detected or reported by local system administrators and
security officials, that number could be significantly higher.
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