Dirk’s Blog

Interesting read, including a way to protect yourself from these kind of attacks!

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“The separate, wired Internet connections set up for reporters are supposed to be off-limits to hacking and the Wall of Sheep. Even so reporters who didn’t take the extra step and log onto the Internet through an additional secure connection like a virtual private network, risked having their data exposed to colleagues sitting just feet away. It didn’t appear to be a complicated hack. The network was working properly, but it wasn’t set up to shield each journalist’s computer from one another.”

Source : Slashdot

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