1996-10-31 - Re: Rumours of NSA breakin
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From: michael.tighe@Central.Sun.COM (Michael Tighe SUN IMP)
To: cypherpunks-errors@toad.com
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Message ID: <199610312006.OAA09709@jeep.Central.Sun.COM>
Reply To: <9610291723.AA05462@etna.ai.mit.edu>
UTC Datetime: 1996-10-31 20:10:19 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 12:10:19 -0800 (PST)
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From: michael.tighe@Central.Sun.COM (Michael Tighe SUN IMP)
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 12:10:19 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks-errors@toad.com
Subject: Re: Rumours of NSA breakin
In-Reply-To: <9610291723.AA05462@etna.ai.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <199610312006.OAA09709@jeep.Central.Sun.COM>
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> I've been hearing rumours of an alledged compromise
>of the NSA Web server but no hard evidence. The claim made is
>that several Mb of files were downloaded from the server and
>posted to the "Internet". I can't see it in sci.crypt or
>alt.conspiracy though.
While it is true the NSA has some machines directly connected to the
Internet (most are on private internal TCP/IP networks), and some even
contain classified information, their WWW server isn't one of them. So, it
is doubtful anything other than intended information was downloaded from
it.
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