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Attack against supercomputers
More than 10 high-performance data centers were hacked, including the one in the city of Garching (Germany). They are used for research on Covid-19 therapies, but those affected suspect other motives behind the attacks.
Dieter Kranzlmüller cannot explain what the hacker wanted. "Someone broke in and manipulated the system. But we don't know exactly what he did," says the head of the Leibniz computer centre in Garching near Munich. The high-performance computer SuperMUC-NG is located there. Kranzlmüller's team had to take it off the Internet this week after a hacker had gained access to the system. The Cybercrime Department of the Bavarian State Office of Criminal Investigation is investigating.
The case has shaken the research community, which depends on the expensive machines for its investigations. They are scattered internationally, but can no longer access the computers online. According to Kranzlmüller, in addition to Garching, more than ten high-performance computer centres in different countries are affected, including those in Freiburg, Stuttgart and Jülich. A "serious problem right across the academic community", is what those responsible for the super computer Archer in Edinburgh call it.
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https://www.computerbase.de/2020-05/sicherheitsprobleme-europaeische-rechenzentren-supercomputer/
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/supercomputer-hacker-garching-corona-1.4909397
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More than 10 high-performance data centers were hacked, including the one in the city of Garching (Germany). They are used for research on Covid-19 therapies, but those affected suspect other motives behind the attacks.
Dieter Kranzlmüller cannot explain what the hacker wanted. "Someone broke in and manipulated the system. But we don't know exactly what he did," says the head of the Leibniz computer centre in Garching near Munich. The high-performance computer SuperMUC-NG is located there. Kranzlmüller's team had to take it off the Internet this week after a hacker had gained access to the system. The Cybercrime Department of the Bavarian State Office of Criminal Investigation is investigating.
The case has shaken the research community, which depends on the expensive machines for its investigations. They are scattered internationally, but can no longer access the computers online. According to Kranzlmüller, in addition to Garching, more than ten high-performance computer centres in different countries are affected, including those in Freiburg, Stuttgart and Jülich. A "serious problem right across the academic community", is what those responsible for the super computer Archer in Edinburgh call it.
Read more 🇩🇪:
https://www.computerbase.de/2020-05/sicherheitsprobleme-europaeische-rechenzentren-supercomputer/
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/supercomputer-hacker-garching-corona-1.4909397
#attack #hacker #hacked #supercumputers #datacenter #research
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Sicherheitsprobleme: Rechenzentren fahren Supercomputer herunter
Mehrere europäische Forschungs- und Hochleistungsrechenzentren melden akute Sicherheitsprobleme und fahren ihre Supercomputer herunter.
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Texas man charged with planning to blow up Amazon data center in Virginia
The Wichita Falls man was arrested Thursday after receiving a fake bomb from an FBI undercover employee.
The FBI arrested a Texas man Thursday on charges of hatching a plan to blow up an Amazon data center in Virginia.
Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, of Wichita Falls was taken into custody Thursday after receiving what he thought was a bomb from a like-minded person, but it was actually a dud provided by an FBI undercover employee.
Court documents say Pendley came to the FBI’s attention after agents received a tip that he was posting alarming statements on a forum popular with militia groups, mymilitia.com. He began communicating through an encrypted messaging app with another person, who told the FBI that Pendley planned to use plastic explosives to attack the tech company’s data centers “to kill about 70% of the internet.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/texas-man-charged-planning-blow-amazon-data-center-virginia-n1263663
http://telegra.ph/Texas-Man-Charged-With-Intent-to-Attack-Data-Centers-04-09
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The Wichita Falls man was arrested Thursday after receiving a fake bomb from an FBI undercover employee.
The FBI arrested a Texas man Thursday on charges of hatching a plan to blow up an Amazon data center in Virginia.
Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, of Wichita Falls was taken into custody Thursday after receiving what he thought was a bomb from a like-minded person, but it was actually a dud provided by an FBI undercover employee.
Court documents say Pendley came to the FBI’s attention after agents received a tip that he was posting alarming statements on a forum popular with militia groups, mymilitia.com. He began communicating through an encrypted messaging app with another person, who told the FBI that Pendley planned to use plastic explosives to attack the tech company’s data centers “to kill about 70% of the internet.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/texas-man-charged-planning-blow-amazon-data-center-virginia-n1263663
http://telegra.ph/Texas-Man-Charged-With-Intent-to-Attack-Data-Centers-04-09
via www.justice.gov
#usa #virginia #amazon #DeleteAmazon #datacenter #attack #fbi
📡 @nogoolag 📡 @blackbox_archiv
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Texas man charged with planning to blow up Amazon data center in Virginia
The Wichita Falls man was arrested Thursday after receiving a fake bomb from an FBI undercover employee.