"Hackers have succeeded in breaking into the computer systems of two of
the U.S.' most important science labs, the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee and Los Alamos National Laboratory in
New Mexico.
In what a spokesperson for the Oak Ridge facility described as
a "sophisticated cyber attack," it appears that intruders accessed a
database of visitors to the Tennessee lab between 1990 and 2004, which
included their social security numbers and dates of birth. Three
thousand researchers reportedly visit the lab each year, a who's who of
the science establishment in the U.S.
The attack was described as being conducted through several
waves of phishing emails with malicious attachments, starting on Oct.
29. Although not stated, these would presumably have launched Trojans
if opened, designed to bypass security systems from within, which
raises the likelihood that the attacks were targeted specifically at
the lab."
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