Tuesday, 18. March 2003
Topic: COMPUTER - on March 18, 2003 at 9:26:43 PM CET
Army Web server hacked
A hacker last week exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 operating system to gain control of an Army Web server, and the extent of the damage done is still unknown.
Russ Cooper, surgeon general at TruSecure Corp. — a provider of managed security services -- said the hacker used an attack code to operate the Army system as if he or she had the highest security clearance and therefore was able to gain complete control of the system.
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