Turkish hackers broke into American military Web servers

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish hackers, who collectively go by name m0sted, have broken into two American military Web servers at the Army's McAlester Ammunition Plant in McAlester, Okla., and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Transatlantic Center in Winchester. The breach at the McAlester ammunitions plant occurred on Jan. 26, according to records of the investigation obtained by InformationWeek. On that date, Web users attempting to access the plant's site were redirected to a Web page that featured a protest against climate change. On Sept. 19, 2007, the same hackers electronically broke into Army Corps of Engineers' servers. The page, at the time, contained anti-American and anti-Israeli rhetoric and images, records show.



Hacker are believed to have benefited by vulnerability of Microsoft SQL Server. Earlier, that method was used for penetrating into other resources, including Kaspersky Lab's Web site, Lenta.ru reports.