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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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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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