Thursday, June 16, 2011

The site of the CIA blocked by a computer attack

The official website of the CIA, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, has not been available for several hours Wednesday, June 15 evening. Hackers grouped under the name of Lulz Security (LulzSec) announced that they launched an attack against the site. Within minutes of the claim, posted on Twitter about midnight, access to the site was broken.

Later that evening, the connections were sporadic, before gradually returning to normal Thursday morning. According to preliminary information, the site seems to have been the victim of an attack called "denial of service", which consists of connections to saturate an Internet site to block access.

Duke Nukem Forever, the missed appointment

Duke himself acknowledges from the beginning: "After twelve years of waiting, the game had better be good." Unfortunately, the result is not up to expectations. Duke Nukem Forever, released June 10, is indeed one of the most legendary games and the most anticipated video game history. In the 1990s, the adventures of Duke, who saved the planet from alien invasion, players were stunned by his offbeat character at the time.

Hewlett-Packard filed a complaint against Oracle

The U.S. computer maker Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced on Wednesday, June 15, he filed a complaint against his former partner Oracle. HP asked to continue to develop software for its products running with a chip from Intel, Itanium. The Itanium family of microprocessors, developed jointly by several computer manufacturers and for servers and other high performance computing systems, appeared for the first time in 2001.

The site of the CIA victim of hackers LulzSec

The website of the CIA (cia. gov), the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, has not been accessible for several hours Wednesday night. Hackers grouped under the name of Lulz Security (LulzSec) announced having hacked. Within minutes of the claim, posted on Twitter about midnight, access to the site was broken.

Later that evening, the connections were sporadic. Lulz Security has become known in recent weeks claiming attacks against groups Sony and Nintendo. The group also claimed responsibility for attacks against the United States Senate, the public television channel PBS, and an organization working with the federal police (FBI) InfraGard.