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09-13-2008, 09:06 AM
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Business: Psyke's Defence Systems Blog Entries: 3   | LHC almost hacked Scientists working at Cern, the organisation that runs the vast smasher, were worried about what the hackers could do because they were "one step away" from the computer control system of one of the huge detectors of the machine, a vast magnet that weighs 12,500 tons, measuring around 21 metres in length and 15 metres wide/high. Hackers attack Large Hadron Collider - Telegraph
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09-13-2008, 09:23 AM
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My Mood:  | :0 It's such a tempting target I'm not surprised it was tried (must be tried a lot)- but that some folks finally got in- yowzers. Quote:
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09-14-2008, 03:17 AM
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