I just found this story in my Inbox. It's so wacky (and we need to fill the forum anyway
) that I thought you might get a laugh out of it. Cut-'n' Pasted--
* TALES OF THE BIZARRE: AL QAEDA ALLEGEDLY HACKED MICROSOFT
In a meeting with NATO defense ministers earlier today, US Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned the alliance that the September 11
terrorist attacks were only the beginning and that future attacks could
take on several forms, including conventional, nuclear, and even
computer-based weapons. Rumsfeld's warning about computer attacks might
seem a bit far-fetched, given that al Qaeda operatives tend to be
widely dispersed throughout the world, often in third-world nations.
But if police in India are correct, such an attack might have already
occurred, with Windows XP as the target.
It sounds crazy. But according to a captured al Qaeda member, who
allegedly participated in plotting terrorist attacks in India, Great
Britain, and Australia, members of the group were able to pose as
programmers and get jobs at Microsoft, where they attempted to plant
"trojans, trapdoors, and bugs in Windows XP." The suspect supposedly
made the claim this week during a police interrogation in Mumbai,
India, according to a report in Newbytes.
A Microsoft spokesperson said the claims were "bizarre and
unsubstantiated and should be treated skeptically" and noted that the
company couldn't find evidence of malicious code in the system.
--profane
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