MSNBC: British Government hit by email attack.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

Sophisticated virus writers are targeting computers at the very heart of Great Britain's infrastructure, a British government agency warned on Thursday.



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The warning offered only limited details of the attacks, but indicated they are widespread and sophisticated. Central government computers have been the most popular target, but corporations and individuals are also at risk, the report said. Attackers are using specially-crafted Trojan horse programs designed to sneak onto computers and steal information.

"The attackers’ aim appears to be covert gathering and transmitting of commercially or economically valuable information," the warning said. The attacks had recently become more sophisticated, according to the agency.


The normally quiet National Infrastructure Security Coordination Center, which reports to Britain's Home Office, issued the warning.


"We have never seen anything like this in terms of the industrial scale of this series of attacks," NISCC Director Roger Cumming said. "This is not a few hackers sitting in their bedroom trying to
steal bank account details from individuals."

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8244700/

[stillcool]

1. Got to stop those leaks somehow.......n/t

[Blue Belle]

2. No kidding. n/t

[stepnw1f]

3. Well, Well, Well....

Somebody freaked out. White House is extremely nervous. Maybe the whole GOP.

[cyberpj]

4. Or it would be a handy excuse for "missing info" - sorry, it was stolen...

?

[NVMojo]

5. Karl Rove did it, his fat sweaty fingers got stuck on the send tab ...