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FBI Alert: Increasing Cyber Attacks Target Unix-Based Networks

May 02, 2001 •

Anthony Pell

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Malicious hackers have scanned literally millions of Unix-based computer networks of late in search of a particular printer program and network protocol that can be exploited to gain complete control over affected systems, federal computer security experts warned Monday.. . . Malicious hackers have scanned literally millions of Unix-based computer networks of late in search of a particular printer program and network protocol that can be exploited to gain complete control over affected systems, federal computer security experts warned Monday.

The National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), the FBI's cybercrime arm, said it had observed a "very significant increase" in attempts to exploit the weaknesses.

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