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FAA Confirms Hack Attack
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2002-04-25

Self-styled patriotic intruders deface a government airline security site and download a detailed screener database. Their proclaimed mission: saving the U.S. from foreign cyber terrorists.

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FAA Confirms Hack Attack 2002-04-30
Hamster1
I don't think the motives of the "Deceptive Duo" are perfectly altruistic, but they should not be the focus

of the topic of "network security". The fact is they exposed some very sloppy configuration of an important

entity's network, the F.A.A. This in itself confirms to me that many Gov. entities...

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