By Robert Lemos
ZDNet News
March 2, 2001 1:38 PM PT
An international investigation has turned up evidence that a hacker stole source code for classified software used by the U.S. Defense Department to control satellites and guide rockets.
Law enforcement searched the servers of software consultant Carbonide on Feb. 6 on suspicion that a hacker used the company's Freebox Web e-mail service to distribute the source code to others, said Erik Wickbom, CEO of Stockholm, Sweden-based Carbonide.
"We didn't know it was there, and we didn't know it was source code," he told ZDNet News on Friday.
Although the search occurred nearly a month ago, it did not become public until Friday.
After the four-hour search, the team of Swedish law enforcement and FBI computer experts left with copies of the evidence. "Immediately after, we deleted the source code," Wickbom said.
The source code was part of a software program known as OS/COMET, which is used by the military to control satellites and rockets, Reuters reported Friday.
The U.S. Air Force has plans to use the software to control the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System from its Colorado Springs Monitor Station, which is part of the Air Force Space Command, according to a December press release from the software's creator, Exigent Software Technology.
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ZDNet News
March 2, 2001 1:38 PM PT
An international investigation has turned up evidence that a hacker stole source code for classified software used by the U.S. Defense Department to control satellites and guide rockets.
Law enforcement searched the servers of software consultant Carbonide on Feb. 6 on suspicion that a hacker used the company's Freebox Web e-mail service to distribute the source code to others, said Erik Wickbom, CEO of Stockholm, Sweden-based Carbonide.
"We didn't know it was there, and we didn't know it was source code," he told ZDNet News on Friday.
Although the search occurred nearly a month ago, it did not become public until Friday.
After the four-hour search, the team of Swedish law enforcement and FBI computer experts left with copies of the evidence. "Immediately after, we deleted the source code," Wickbom said.
The source code was part of a software program known as OS/COMET, which is used by the military to control satellites and rockets, Reuters reported Friday.
The U.S. Air Force has plans to use the software to control the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System from its Colorado Springs Monitor Station, which is part of the Air Force Space Command, according to a December press release from the software's creator, Exigent Software Technology.
Want to learn more?
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2692296,00.html
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"I'd like an order of fries, a quarter pounder with cheese, I love the light in your eyes, would you go out with me please? I am in love with a McDonald's Girl, she has a smile of innocence so tender and warm, she is an angel in a polyester uniform."