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The 21st Century: When War is Fought Through the Web

The 21st Century: When War is Fought Through the Web. Created by: Travis Francis November 30, 2010. Purdue University . Purdue University thought they had a minor glitch in their campus network, only to find out the system had been hacked. Purdue acting proactively did the following:

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The 21st Century: When War is Fought Through the Web

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  1. The 21st Century: When War is Fought Through the Web Created by: Travis Francis November 30, 2010

  2. Purdue University • Purdue University thought they had a minor glitch in their campus network, only to find out the system had been hacked. • Purdue acting proactively did the following: • Sent emails to all 60,000 students, faculty members and employees on the main campus asking them to change their network passwords. • Within 24 hours about 15,000 people had changed their passwords. • By day four, more than fifty percent of the professors and 38 percent of the students had changed their passwords. • The remaining of the students and professors, chose not to change their passwords.

  3. What could be done to prevent this from reoccurring? • Be Smart with Passwords. • Having multiple passwords. • Never leave passwords laying around. • Equip every campus machine with hardware called a one-time-password-token device. • Find intent of reason for hackers, hacking into the system.

  4. Is Purdue The Only School getting Hacked? • California State University at Hayward network was attacked by a hacker, compromising personal information for over 2,000 people. • Hayward officials sent apology letters within 5 days. • California Law passed in 2003. • Requires that within 10 days of an attack, public universities must notify anyone whose personal information may have been exposed. • California Polytechnic State University and Berkeley also had their systems hacked. • Large universities can afford to implement the more expensive measures to prevent hackers from being successful.

  5. Have you been Hacked? • Have you been hacked Never? • 303 People • Have you been hacked Once? • 102 People • Have you been hacked Twice? • 22 People • Have you been hacked Several Times? (2-50 Times) • 22 People • Have you been hacked Lots? (Greater then 50 Times) • 10 People Total: 404 People

  6. Careers in Stopping Hackers • Many Jobs Looking for Computer Science Majors. • Federal Agent Careers: • CIA-Criminal Intelligence Agency • FBI-Federal Bureau of Investigation • ATF- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives • USS- United States Secret Service

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