Cyber attacks on the USA (catch all)

[Backwards Observer]

Chinese hackers perfect mind-control of US scientific community; evolution, fluoride to blame:

Hacked Satellites?: USCC Makes Claims It Can’t Support

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These suspicious incidents may or may not have been caused by hacking. They appear to have involved computers operated by a commercial service provider—not by the US government. No commands were issued to the satellites, nor were any data manipulated or stolen. The satellites involved were nonstrategic, low-resolution environmental monitoring satellites. There is no evidence presented linking these events to the Chinese government; the USCC includes these incidents in their report to Congress on China on the basis of claims by a “marginal figure” in China that China is interested in such pursuits.

This doesn’t mean China is not capable of or interested in the ability to control U.S. satellites. But the evidence presented to Congress by the USCC makes an extremely poor case for it.

Hacked satellites - USCC makes claims it can't support - All Things Nuclear - Dec 1, 2011.

[AdamG]

No sh1t.

America's critical infrastructure security response system is broken
Possible cyberattack on SCADA system at small Illinois water plant highlights weakness in U.S. system of "Fusion Centers"

http://www.networkworld.com/news/201...da-253659.html

[Fuchs]

News in a reputable computer-related news portal in Germany is that the hacker attack was a hoax.

Now could please a mod change the thread title to reflect this?