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    Hackers penetrated Nasdaq computers

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    Hackers penetrated Nasdaq computers Empty Hackers penetrated Nasdaq computers

    Post by -=illuminati=- Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:02 pm

    Federal authorities are investigating repeated intrusions into the
    computer network that runs the Nasdaq stock exchange, according to a Wall Street Journal report that cited people familiar with the matter.
    The intrusions did not compromise the tech-heavy exchange's trading
    platform, which executes investors' trades, but it was unknown which
    other sections of the network were accessed, according to the report.
    "So far, [the perpetrators] appear to have just been looking around," one person involved in the Nasdaq matter told the Journal.
    The Secret Service reportedly initiated an investigation
    involving New York-based Nasdaq OMX Group last year, and the Federal
    Bureau of Investigation has launched a probe as well. Investigators are
    considering a range of motives for the breach, including national
    security threat, personal financial gain, and theft of trade secrets,
    the newspaper reported.
    Nasdaq representatives could not be reached for comment.
    Investigators have not been able to follow the intruders' path
    to any specific individualhttp://www.the-en.com/post?f=37&mode=newtopic or country, but people familiar with the
    matter say some evidence points to Russia, according to the report.
    However, they caution that hackers may just be using Russia as a conduit
    for their activities.
    The Nasdaq, which is thought to be as critical from a security
    standpoint as the national power grid or air traffic control operations,
    has been targeted by hackers before. In 1999, a group called "United
    Loan Gunmen" defaced Nasdaq's public Web site
    with a story headlined "United Loan Gunmen take control of Nasdaq stock
    market." The vandalism was quickly erased, and Nasdaq officials said at
    the time that the exchange's internal network was unaffected.
    Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20030775-83.html#ixzz1D8kqHT6M

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