Reefa Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Germany's aeronautics and space research center has for months been the target of a suspected cyber attack by a foreign intelligence service, a German news weekly reported Sunday. Der Spiegel said that several computers used by scientists and systems administrators at the Cologne-based DLR center had been infiltrated by spy programs. "The government classes the attack as extremely serious because it, among other things, is aimed at armament and rocket technologies," Spiegel said. In some computers IT experts found traces of spy programs that were set up to destroy themselves on discovery, while others only activated themselves after months of lying in wait. Spiegel said the attacks were "coordinated and systematic" and all the center's operation systems were affected. IT forensic experts probing who could be behind the assault have turned up clues that seem to point to China, but Spiegel quoted an unidentified "insider" as saying they could also simply be "camouflage". Government sources said the case was being investigated but declined to confirm any details. The German aeronautics and space research center is active in the fields of aeronautics, space, energy, transport and security and is involved in international cooperative ventures, according to its website.Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Germany's aeronautics and space research center has for months been the target of a suspected cyber attack by a foreign intelligence service, a German news weekly reported Sunday. Der Spiegel said that several computers used by scientists and systems administrators at the Cologne-based DLR center had been infiltrated by spy programs. "The government classes the attack as extremely serious because it, among other things, is aimed at armament and rocket technologies," Spiegel said. In some computers IT experts found traces of spy programs that were set up to destroy themselves on discovery, while others only activated themselves after months of lying in wait. Spiegel said the attacks were "coordinated and systematic" and all the center's operation systems were affected. IT forensic experts probing who could be behind the assault have turned up clues that seem to point to China, but Spiegel quoted an unidentified "insider" as saying they could also simply be "camouflage". Government sources said the case was being investigated but declined to confirm any details. The German aeronautics and space research center is active in the fields of aeronautics, space, energy, transport and security and is involved in international cooperative ventures, according to its website.SourceWhy such copy-paste texts? Link would be quite sufficient. Even no comma isn't changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefa Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 (edited) Germany's aeronautics and space research center has for months been the target of a suspected cyber attack by a foreign intelligence service, a German news weekly reported Sunday. Der Spiegel said that several computers used by scientists and systems administrators at the Cologne-based DLR center had been infiltrated by spy programs. "The government classes the attack as extremely serious because it, among other things, is aimed at armament and rocket technologies," Spiegel said. In some computers IT experts found traces of spy programs that were set up to destroy themselves on discovery, while others only activated themselves after months of lying in wait. Spiegel said the attacks were "coordinated and systematic" and all the center's operation systems were affected. IT forensic experts probing who could be behind the assault have turned up clues that seem to point to China, but Spiegel quoted an unidentified "insider" as saying they could also simply be "camouflage". Government sources said the case was being investigated but declined to confirm any details. The German aeronautics and space research center is active in the fields of aeronautics, space, energy, transport and security and is involved in international cooperative ventures, according to its website.SourceWhy such copy-paste texts? Link would be quite sufficient. Even no comma isn't changed.Because i report the news i find..Not just links..If you don't like it that way then don't read..Iv,e been doing this for a a long time now and you only just noticed? Edited April 14, 2014 by F3dupsk1Nup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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