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US Military 'Hacked' by Emails

An anonymous reader writes "Two of the US Military's most important science labs were apparently 'hacked'. Phishing mail was sent to a pair of research labs, where trojan programs allowed interlopers access to the otherwise secure networks. One of the... ...full story at slashdot

from slashdot on Fri, Dec 07 2007

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