see, lee, u have to be careful:
Hackers Hijack US Govt Computers - USA Today
08/31/2004
Dow Jones News Services
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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Hundreds of computers at the Defense Department and U.S. Senate were hijacked by hackers who used them to send spam e-mail, federal authorities say, USA Today reports on its Web site Monday.
The use of government computers was uncovered during the Justice Department's recent cybercrime crackdown, USA Today said. It adds another wrinkle to the use of so-called zombie PCs, which number in the millions and have bedeviled consumers and universities the past year.
The takeover of government computers is part of a bounty of evidence of new online scams that could lead to more busts under the crackdown, says Dan Larkin, unit chief of the Internet Crime Complaint Center, according to USA Today. Authorities are in the process of repairing the government computers.
