Code Red Virus Wormed Into Pentagon Computers.Even though the Defense Department has invested heavily in cyber-security in the past few years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time Code Red computer virus did serious damage to the Pentagon's computers, said John P. Stenbit, assistant secretary of defense for command, control, communications and intelligence. "It has had its effect. There is no question about that," he told the Armed Forces Press Service. Today's computer attacks are highly evolved compared to those launched by hackers years ago, he added. The Code Red virus attacked systems rather than individual hard drives. It infected in·fect tr.v. in·fect·ed, in·fect·ing, in·fects 1. To contaminate with a pathogenic microorganism or agent. 2. To communicate a pathogen or disease to. 3. To invade and produce infection in. approximately ap·prox·i·mate adj. 1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident. 2. 250,000 systems in nine hours, and at that rime, officials informed military Web site operators to cut their connections to the public. The Pentagon's public network went back online five days later. |
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