Friday, March 2, 2001

Where does NAVSTAR say we are, again? OS/COMET, top-secret U.S. computer-system source code for guiding spacecraft, rockets, and satellites, has been obtained through an Internet breakin at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington D.C., traced to a company in Stockholm and then to someone with username LEEIF (seemingly in Germany) masquerading as a user of freebox.com. This software is used in NAVSTAR GPS monitoring. [Source: Hacker gets hold of top secret U.S. space codes, Reuters News Service, 2 Mar 2001; PGN-ed; see also http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16751-2001Mar2.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16751-2001Mar2.html ] [James Paul via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 26] 0:00 # G!