Milestones in the history of information warfare

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1986—The Cuckoo's Egg: A Soviet-backed hacker in Hanover, Germany, is caught breaking into computers at America's Lawrence Berkeley Labs to steal missile-defence secrets.

 

1998-99—Moonlight Maze: America traces a series of computer break-ins at the Pentagon, NASA and elsewhere to a computer in Russia (which denies involvement). Many files containing classified information are compromised.

 

1999—Kosovo: Chinese hackers break in and vandalise American government websites in retaliation for the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade by American aircraft. The White House website closes for three days.

 

2000-01—Middle East: Israeli and Arab hackers vandalise and crash each others' websites over a four-month period. Attacks also occur against telecoms firms supplying internet connections.

 

2001–America v China: After an American spyplane and Chinese fighter collide, hackers from both countries deface or crash the other's public and private-sector websites. The White House and New York Times sites are briefly brought down.

 

2006—Sneaky Word Doc: An American State Department employee opens an e-mailed file that secretly opens a backdoor in the computer system, allowing the theft of data. As the problem escalates, the agency cuts internet access, leaving some officials offline for weeks.

 

2007—Netwarcom: Officials at America's Naval Network Warfare Command (Netwarcom) accuse China of sponsoring hundreds of suspicious hacking incidents each day against military and private-sector computer systems to steal technology, gather intelligence, probe defences and install “sleeper” software.

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1986—The Cuckoo's Egg: A Soviet-backed hacker in Hanover, Germany, is caught breaking into computers at America's Lawrence Berkeley Labs to steal missile-defence secrets.

Did internet exist back in -86???