• IMF hit by 'major' cyber attack
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What's with all the hacking all the sudden?
They are all out on it now aren't they?
Why do I have a feeling that stuff like that always happened relatively often in one scale or another, but only now it's just getting more publicity?
[QUOTE=Trooper0315;30400141]What's with all the hacking all the sudden?[/QUOTE] [quote]The cyber attack took place over several months[/quote] Not really a new thing
I like to think of cyber attacks having lots of lasers and explosions, unfortunately that's not the case. :sigh:
[QUOTE=Trooper0315;30400141]What's with all the hacking all the sudden?[/QUOTE] You mean what's with all the hacking [b]news[/b] all the sudden. The media loves to cash in on big events, big earthquake happened? Every moderate earthquake reported as a big story for a month.
[QUOTE=STeel;30400172]Why do I have a feeling that stuff like that always happened relatively often in one scale or another, but only now it's just getting more publicity?[/QUOTE] More concerning is the possibility technologically inept politicians and general public will start trying to use this as an excuse to clamp down on the internet and/or put in place measures to remove any anonymity :S
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