Top US Labs targeted with Phishing
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TechRepublic
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Lab in US was the latest target of phishing attacks that were found to have originated from Chinese servers.
While the intention of agents behind the attacks is yet to be ascertained, data equivalent to records of names of all visitors (between 1990 and 2004) along with their DOBs and social security numbers was what got compromised.
The threat that comes to the fore is the issue of cyber-spying. As many as 120 government organizations are said to have been involved in cyber spying activities and that only gets the finger pointing act on the move.
The attacks are a wake up call to security agencies to take a sharper look at the emerging web technologies and methods for circumventing security methods.
While the intention of agents behind the attacks is yet to be ascertained, data equivalent to records of names of all visitors (between 1990 and 2004) along with their DOBs and social security numbers was what got compromised.
The threat that comes to the fore is the issue of cyber-spying. As many as 120 government organizations are said to have been involved in cyber spying activities and that only gets the finger pointing act on the move.
The attacks are a wake up call to security agencies to take a sharper look at the emerging web technologies and methods for circumventing security methods.
