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Cyber-Hackers Break Into IMF Computer

foxnews.com — Cyber-Hackers Break Into IMF Computer System, Cyber-hackers attacked the Washington, D.C.-based International Monetary Fund, which provoked a shutdown of IMF computers that lasted for several days.

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  • Berkana, on 11/15/2008, -4/+129Excuse me? "Cyber-hackers"? Who prefixes the term "hackers" with "cyber"? (Don't tell me: Fox News.) What is this, a series of tubes?
  • jholden42, on 11/16/2008, -2/+74"Cyber-hackers"? What the hell is this, 1995?
  • inactive, on 11/16/2008, -2/+72Cyber Hackers.

    From the news team that brought you the Terrorist-Fist-Jab.
  • inactive, on 11/15/2008, -5/+68I'm in your International Monetary Fund stealing your lootz.
  • inactive, on 11/16/2008, -2/+58Cyber-Hackers, eh?
  • thesubs, on 11/15/2008, -2/+55good thing too, that it wasnt real life hackers....
    man that would have sucked.
  • badwithcomputer, on 11/15/2008, -2/+54http://i37.tinypic.com/2qbi04g.jpg
  • Segaw, on 11/15/2008, -4/+43Good to hear!
  • spyd3rweb, on 11/16/2008, -7/+36The IMF and the World Bank are tools of the empire used to overthrow legitimate governments in developing countries, they issue loans to countries they know can't repay them purposefully so they can bankrupt the country, and take it over.
  • FujiwaraTofu, on 11/16/2008, -4/+30Buried for the term "cyber-hackers."
  • inactive, on 11/15/2008, -3/+28Every time I read about the IMF I think of Tom Cruise
  • inactive, on 11/16/2008, -2/+25dont copy that floppy.
  • Jack8274, on 11/16/2008, -0/+23Well it's not a big truck, that's for sure.
  • geneusutwerk, on 11/16/2008, -1/+20Yes cyberwards they had some cybersex and then read some cyberpunk. cyber.
  • AlphaDrake, on 11/16/2008, -2/+18Good, the IMF bankrupts developing countries throwing them into huge amounts of debt and poverty.
  • bonk2k, on 11/16/2008, -2/+14Cyber-Hackers: not to be confused with... Aqua-Hackers? Whatever... excuse me while I go eat a Food-Lunch and take a Butt-Crap.
  • inactive, on 11/16/2008, -0/+11Brought to you by the same people who coined the term "hackers on steroids."
  • bryxal, on 11/16/2008, -2/+12Hacker did not use to mean Cracker.

    Have a look at the Jargon File and The Hacker's dictionary.

    Cracker - One who breaks security on a system. Coined ca. 1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse of hacker

    http://www.iwriteiam.nl/HackerDef.html

    http://catb.org/jargon/html/crackers.html
  • PrettyGreen, on 11/16/2008, -1/+11It's not a conspiracy theory.
    I'm glad someone is out to get these scumbags.
  • WarmMachine, on 11/16/2008, -2/+12Anybody else notice that fox news mentioned fox news 17 times in this article fox news.
  • m0nt3, on 11/16/2008, -2/+11wow, as we all know, cyber-hackers are wayyy more potent than regular hackers...

    FAUX NEWS
  • michaelrsa, on 11/16/2008, -1/+10***** cyber, it destroys the validity of internet terms. like cyber-space, it's the ***** internet, just use internet, it doesn't make you look stupid.
  • scully32, on 11/16/2008, -2/+11Fox News: Together we can win the war on Cyber-Hackers.
  • Stevo23, on 11/16/2008, -3/+11I just cyber-dugg you.
  • irvin666, on 11/16/2008, -1/+9Isn't cyber-hackers kinda redundant? That is like saying: "digital cd player"
  • drewskyjones, on 11/16/2008, -0/+8"Cyber Hackers"? Fox News does have a lot of blondes...I'm not complainin...I'm just sayin ;-)
  • bjornski, on 11/16/2008, -0/+8Baby shopping.
  • DrDustbunny, on 11/16/2008, -0/+7Hack the Planet!!
  • asgardshill, on 11/16/2008, -2/+9Next week: Just like Greta Van Susteren "Gettin' Jiggy Wid It" in a memorable dance routine on her show, Fox News thrusts itself yet again into the leading edge of technology in your world with these upcoming hard-hitting exposes:

    - The Computer Virus And You. A dastardly hacker you've never even met face-to-face can render your home computer unusable with nothing more than one click of a mouse ...

    - You might just need more than 640K of memory in your home computer - The Dirty Little Secret That Bill Gates DIDN'T Tell You.

    - The Acoustic Modem. Have We Buried It Too Early?

    - 300 BPS - What to do with all that bandwidth?

    - Case Modding. Tinkering With Success - Fad or Communist plot?

    - The Wang Word Processing System - Expressway To The Future.

    - Tech Tips: Don't throw away that 2K ferrite-core volatile memory board just yet.

  • Rivetgeek, on 11/16/2008, -1/+8i cyber-lol'd
  • SkinnerBox, on 11/16/2008, -2/+8Yeah, as opposed to all the other kinds of hackers.
  • audiogeek5, on 11/16/2008, -1/+7Next digg headline: "Real hackers decimate Fox servers to punish Fox for calling them "Cyber Hackers."
  • TommyTikal, on 11/16/2008, -0/+5I'm a punch card hacker.

    I started on weaving looms...it was a natural progression.
  • iNoles, on 11/16/2008, -0/+5So this is a fire sale?
  • MasterGrief, on 11/16/2008, -0/+4You don't just dump something on it.
  • FountainDew, on 11/16/2008, -1/+5I'm kinda glad they attacked the IMF. Next time the World Bank and the Fed too please.
  • ReallyDave, on 11/16/2008, -0/+4"After the move, World Bank data, or packets, intermixed with the IMF data because they were all on the same wires."
    So that's how viruses get passed, my packets are intermixing on the same wires with sick computers. God help us if these computer viruses leave the wires and become airborne!
  • whyufail, on 11/16/2008, -0/+4They're TRASHING our rights!
  • inactive, on 11/16/2008, -0/+4And this is what happens when critical and semi-critical systems are administered by politics.
  • ScienceDoc, on 11/16/2008, -0/+4FAUX News = Buried
  • AManWithNoName, on 11/16/2008, -0/+4Dugg for fox news having no clue what the hell they're talking about.
  • Stevo23, on 11/16/2008, -4/+8Whew, thank god it was only cyber-hackers, and not, you know, "real" hackers.
  • 3leggedHorse, on 11/16/2008, -0/+3Here is one of the culprits.
    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=372Ah0Z_L1w
  • inactive, on 11/16/2008, -0/+3fox news
  • cookiemonster01, on 11/16/2008, -0/+3Lousy story. 1.) I'm sure this happens all the time. 2.) Fox News trying to stir up controvery 3.) "Cyber" Hackers only existed in the late 90s.
  • fish0507, on 11/16/2008, -3/+6This stuff is above the heads of most diggers.


    CONSPIRACY THEORY~!!!! /sarcasm
  • sarcasm, on 11/16/2008, -0/+3I can't tell if you're making these up or if you're just quoting past Fox headlines.
  • NexusV2, on 11/16/2008, -2/+5I cyber-poked you.
  • inactive, on 11/16/2008, -0/+3LOLZ!
  • atomic16, on 11/16/2008, -0/+3Impossible Mission Force?
    I thought that was a front for the church of scientology
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