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• Member Note

  Hackers attacked the computer to the Large Hadron Collider, a Big Bang Experiment which has sparked much controversy, on September 9 and September 10, 2008. The hackers displayed the messages "GST: Greek Security Team" and "We are 2600 - don't mess with us" and destroyed at least one computer file. The Web site is no longer accessible to the public. LHC scientists said the hackers were only a step away from the computer control system of one of the LHC's huge detectors, a large magnet.The Telegraph: Hackers attack Large Hadron Collider (September 12, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Attacked the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment, or CMS, one of the four computer systems that will analyze the Big Bang ExperimentThe Telegraph: Hackers attack Large Hadron Collider (September 12, 2008)
  2. Purpose of attack: to show the flaws in the computer system's securityThe Telegraph: Hackers attack Large Hadron Collider(September 12, 2008)
  3. LHC has a general access network and a separate, stricter, network for LHC operationsThe Telegraph: Hackers attack Large Hadron Collider (September 12, 2008)
  4. Attack was on the general access networkThe Telegraph: Hackers attack Large Hadron Collider (September 12, 2008)
  5. The Big Bang Experiment started on September 10, 2008
  6. Purpose: to find answers on questions on the source of gravity, black holes and other information on how the universe worksThe Telegraph: Scientists get death threats over Large Hadron Collider (September 5, 2008)

• 2600

  2600 refers to a magazine targeted to hackers, with the purpose of providing hackers with tools to access computer systems, show their flaws and thereby encourage improvements in the security systemsScientific American: Hackers attack Large Hadron Collider computers (September 12, 2008)

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