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21 Apr 2009

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BREAKING NEWS: Fighter-Jet Project Breached by Cyberspies

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This morning, the Wall Street Journal broke this story about computer spies breaking into the Pentagon’s $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project – DoD’s costliest weapons program to date. According to the article, the intruders were able to copy and siphon data related to design and electronics systems, making it potentially easier to defend against the plane. The good news is that they could not access the most sensitive data kept on computers not connected to the Internet.

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