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Chuckiferd · Jan 21st, 2008, 9:01 AM

But the numbers!!!

I want to know about the number programming

By the way did you guys know that hackers in two American cities managed to turn off the power to the lights in the city. Hows that for malicious

MiKuS · Jan 21st, 2008, 3:22 PM

it's also worth noting that they tried to extort money too.

Chuckiferd · Jan 21st, 2008, 4:06 PM

really? I thought that they actually did that for fun, serriously

MiKuS · Jan 21st, 2008, 10:36 PM

Here is the story:

Quote:

Speaking at a conference of security professionals on Wednesday, CIA analyst Tom Donahue disclosed the recently declassified attacks while offering few specifics on what actually went wrong.

Criminals have launched online attacks that disrupted power equipment in several regions outside of the U.S., he said, without identifying the countries affected. The goal of the attacks was extortion, he said.

src:http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,14...1/article.html

Jimbo · Jan 21st, 2008, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuckiferd

But the numbers!!!

I want to know about the number programming

My best guess at "number programming" would mean writing out the binary code in hex. The only think I can remember is that 0x90 is a NOP on an x86 processor...

Sane · Jan 22nd, 2008, 6:02 AM

It sounded as though he were talking about cryptography. Programming with lots of numbers and math involved. Which, yes, is "hacking".

Chuckiferd · Jan 22nd, 2008, 10:49 AM

Yeeish I don't want to know about it anymore, I am geting a headache thinking about it

Impact4ever · Jan 26th, 2008, 5:21 PM

LOL

The posts here was pretty funny!

Jan 21st, 2008, 9:01 AM	#11
Chuckiferd Programmer Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 64 Rep Power: 1	Re: Hacking? But the numbers!!! I want to know about the number programming By the way did you guys know that hackers in two American cities managed to turn off the power to the lights in the city. Hows that for malicious __________________ There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who can read binary and those who can't.

Jan 21st, 2008, 3:22 PM	#12
MiKuS Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 134 Rep Power: 2	Re: Hacking? it's also worth noting that they tried to extort money too.

Jan 21st, 2008, 4:06 PM	#13
Chuckiferd Programmer Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 64 Rep Power: 1	Re: Hacking? really? I thought that they actually did that for fun, serriously __________________ There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who can read binary and those who can't.

Jan 22nd, 2008, 6:02 AM	#16
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 1,886 Rep Power: 5	Re: Hacking? It sounded as though he were talking about cryptography. Programming with lots of numbers and math involved. Which, yes, is "hacking".

Jan 22nd, 2008, 10:49 AM	#17
Chuckiferd Programmer Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 64 Rep Power: 1	Re: Hacking? Yeeish I don't want to know about it anymore, I am geting a headache thinking about it __________________ There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who can read binary and those who can't.

Jan 26th, 2008, 5:21 PM	#18
Impact4ever Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Re: Hacking? LOL The posts here was pretty funny!

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