South Pole 'cyberterrorist' hack wasn't the first

South Pole 'cyberterrorist' hack wasn't the first
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-08-18

It's a tale Tom Clancy might have written. From their lair in distant Romania, shadowy cyber extortionists penetrate the computers controlling the life support systems at an Antarctic research station, confronting the 58 scientists and contractors wintering over at the remote post with the sudden prospect of an icy death. After some twists and turns, the researchers are saved in the fourth act by an international law enforcement effort led by FBI agents wielding a controversial, but misunderstood, federal surveillance law.

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South Pole 'cyberterrorist' hack wasn't the first 2004-08-19
Anonymous (2 replies)

"which measures properties of the cosmic microwave background radiation -- the afterglow of the Big Bang."

...the "Big Bang" never happened...........

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South Pole 'cyberterrorist' hack wasn't the first 2004-08-21
Anonymous

So how do u know that "never happened"? What's the evidence?...

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South Pole 'cyberterrorist' hack wasn't the first 2004-08-21
Anonymous

Of course not, it was the little 'phbbbt'...

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South Pole 'cyberterrorist' hack wasn't the first 2004-08-21
rainer_d (1 replies)

I love this quote:

"This is a message from earth to earth, do you copy?"

I just had to imagine, how we would go about "Cyber-Security" in the "real" space, e.g. when you have networks on Mars and a lagging of 7 hours (or was ist 14?) between SYN and SYN ACK.

Obviously, only asynchronous comm...

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South Pole 'cyberterrorist' hack wasn't the first 2004-08-23
Anonymous

A good start would be to ban it on Earth :)...

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sigh 2004-08-23
DC0 (2 replies)

Ok so they need internet access for their lifeline... Yea whatever, i didnt know p0rn could count as a life line... Anyways if they really need access why not use their inet connection to establish a VPN to their mainfacility and route all their inet over the VPN. Yes it would be pretty wasteful of ...

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sigh 2004-08-25
Puss (2 replies)

How about storm information - could that be a lifeline?...

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sigh 2004-08-26
Anonymous

maybe, but the article says no critical systems were penetrated.

lax network security still is inexcusable.

ashcroft is my network administrator. he sings songs that the 'patriot act' is justified, constitutional, and not a work of fascism. he keeps us safe from cyber-romanians....

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sigh 2004-08-26
Anonymous

its 70 below, what weather are they checking? To see if it gets up to 50 below so they can go play a quick round of golf?...

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sigh 2004-08-25
Anonymous

you try being isolated for 10 months, no outside, no members of the opposite sex to hang with... pr0n, cnn, and espn would look like a lifeline compared to staring out the window at snow.

The internet can keep you from being bored to death. That, in and of itself, is a lifeline. Do they need it? ...

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South Pole 'cyberterrorist' hack wasn't the first 2004-08-26
Anonymous

Ok, so the life support was connected to the Internet... whose bright idea was that? They deserved to have it shut down if it was...

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abcence of terror 2004-08-27
Anonymous

It sounds all too familiar for a criminal act having nothing to do with life endangerment to be called a terrorist act.

It would be another real shame if the boy cried wolf over and over....

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South Pole 'cyberterrorist' hack wasn't the first 2004-08-31
Anonymous

It is very interesting how the Justice Department is making a huge push in this area of ?Cyber Terrorism?. I would love to see how much funding is pay for all these investigators, computers, networks and attorneys. It seems that they seem to think the kids downloading music or programs are Terror...

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