Military Beefing up its Hacker Defenses Military Beefing up its Hacker Defenses By Machlis, Sharon. And hackers just love to pesterbig institutions such as the military. But the U.S. Department of Defense shares some of the blame, according to congressional investigators.
Recent reports highlight the dangers.
The British Broadcasting Corp. last month reported that Dutch hackers who broke in to 34 military computer sites in 1990-91 offered to sell the information to Iraq during the Gulf War. But the Iraqis didn't buy it, probably suspecting a setup. Information about troop movements and weapons from unclassified networks was involved. Pryce had also hacked in to a network run by Lockheed Martin Corp. in California. The break-ins occurred three years ago.