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Subject:    [ISN] Serb experts hacked into Britain's Military Systems
From:       mea culpa <jericho () DIMENSIONAL ! COM>
Date:       2000-03-18 22:26:56
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From: William Knowles <wk@c4i.org>

Sounds like complete FUD to me, But I wouldn't put it past any country
nowadays. -WK


http://express.lineone.net/express/00/02/27/news/n0220serb-d.html

By Ken Hyder and Nick Anning

Serb experts hacked into Britain's top-secret military computer systems
during the Kosovo conflict last year, the Sunday Express has learned.

In response, MI5 has been put in charge of improving Britain's defences
against cyber attack. It is understood that both sides engaged in covert
cyber war alongside the conventional warfare and that British agents
successfully hacked into Serb computers.

Both sides tried to plant computer viruses into military systems. The Serb
attacks focused on computers handling the messaging systems used by the
Ministry of Defence to communicate between headquarters in the UK and
military units in the field.

The cyber strike persuaded the Government that an all-out attack on our
computer systems could bring the country to a standstill.

Working alongside MI5 are computer experts from GCHQ in Cheltenham,
specialist army units such as the SAS, and highly experienced private
sector consultants. The police National Crime Squad will also be involved.

A source admitted: "This kind of warfare is a deadly innovation. One
super-hacker with just a laptop and mobile phone could wreak an amazing
amount of damage in minutes. There are so many targets for us to defend -
but the enemy hacker just needs to pick one and succeed."The SAS has
carried out dummy attacks on key installations such as the National Grid
and air-traffic control. Now, as well as testing out a location's physical
defences, they take a civilian computer specialist with them.

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