The Big Bang Computer System Hacked
Posted by Mark on September 15th, 2008 Comment »Now this is concerning element, according to BBC the computer system at the Large Hadron Collider was hacked by a group calling itself the “Greek Security Team”.
A spokesman for Cern, the lab that houses the LHC, said the hackers put up a message on the facility’s website. No harm was done but the incident has highlighted the need for security in the LHC’s network, the spokesman said. The hackers had targeted the computer network of the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment (CMS), a huge detector that analyses data from the particle accelerator.
The Website of CMS displayed a page with a mocking message in Greek, “We are 2600 – don’t mess with us” As a result of the attack, the CMS webpage www.cmsmon.cern.ch, can no longer be viewed.Thought you can still access the CMS website by following this link http://public.web.cern.ch/public/


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