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Re: off subject, Hackers



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FWIW, thats fairy easy to shut down a web site. all they are/have is a piece
of software that repeatly sends requests to the web site for info, which
basically is like asking to many commands, and crashing the site.  Theres a
pretty far cry from getting into banks accounts, etcetc....      ~ knyyt ~

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Cummings <robert.cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 12:50 AM
Subject: off subject, Hackers


>
>Hackers from China due to a NATO bombing protest were able to shut down the
>White House web site and several cabinet members webs as well. If they can
>do this they can get into anything on the net, stock accounts, bank
>accounts etc.....
>
>Robert
>
>