Hackers Breached US Army Servers 209
An anonymous reader writes "A Turkish hacking ring has broken into 2 sensitive US Army servers, according to a new investigation uncovered by InformationWeek. The hackers, who go by the name 'm0sted' and are based in Turkey, penetrated servers at the Army's McAlester Ammunition Plant in Oklahoma in January. Users attempting to access the site were redirected to a page featuring a climate-change protest. In Sept, 2007, the hackers breached Army Corps of Engineers servers. That hack sent users to a page containing anti-American and anti-Israeli rhetoric. The hackers used simple SQL Server injection techniques to gain access. That's troubling because it shows a major Army security lapse, and also the ability to bypass supposedly sophisticated Defense Department tools and procedures designed to prevent such breaches."
In other words ... (Score:5, Funny)
as usual, military contracting companies provided over-hyped shoddy work to the military, who either didn't know better or didn't care.
Of course, I thought it was going to be as simple as knowing that the password was "Joshua".
I know this is old but, (Score:5, Funny)
All your base are belong to us
Re:In other words ... (Score:5, Funny)
Of course, I thought it was going to be as simple as knowing that the password was "Joshua".
Actually it's "joshua". Mr. Falken was lazy and didn't like having to reach for the shift key ;)
Amateurs (Score:5, Funny)
If they want to prove a point they have to stop targeting US Defense facilities. Hack a serious portal like Slashdot if you can! Ha!
SQL Injection? *Yawn* (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Amazing. (Score:2, Funny)
I'd like you to stop by my work and bludgeon a few developers of mine over the head, if you would. Seems they're all too busy posting on a site called "BackSlash" or something to check their code.
Cyber Security Cadence (Score:4, Funny)
I don't know what I've been told
But Army server's are quickly pwned
You don't need some high-tech decryption machine
Just a string with a semi-colon in between
I don't know what I will find
When good Army hacker's have resigned
We'll have a good laugh when some bored kid in China
Posts photos of Gen. Petraeus with a vagina
Re:wood for the trees (Score:2, Funny)
I too can provide vague, uninteresting and falsified anecdotal evidence, look at me go!
Re:In other words ... (Score:2, Funny)
See I too can just over simplify stuff till my point seems reasonable.
Re:Wait... (Score:5, Funny)
Don't you mean "Windows For Warcraft"?
Re:shhhhh (Score:1, Funny)
Making up a lot of fake information worked very well for a while, but they seem to have lost track of what information was fake and what was not...
Re:I thought Information Week was sensible. (Score:3, Funny)
Shhhh!!
And remember to bow to the cookie pushing overlords...
Their tactic of having two or more 6-7 year old girls say in perfect unison "Would you like to buy some girl scout cookies" is diabolical. This overloads one with their cuteness causing loss of some higher brain function. Which compels one to buy these cookies.
Re:SQL Injection? *Yawn* (Score:3, Funny)
Re:shhhhh (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I thought Information Week was sensible. (Score:2, Funny)