questionmark Posted September 15, 2008 #1 Share Posted September 15, 2008 'Big bang' experiment is hacked Part of the computer system of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was hacked into as the world's most powerful physics experiment got under way. A group calling itself the "Greek Security Team" hacked into a computer connected to the system last Wednesday. A spokesman for Cern, the lab that houses the LHC, said the hackers put up a message on the facility's website. No harm was done but the incident has highlighted the need for security in the LHC's network, the spokesman said. The hackers had targeted the computer network of the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment (CMS), a huge detector that analyses data from the particle accelerator. The LHC is attempting to recreate the conditions just after the Big Bang, in which the universe was created. With the world watching as the first particles began circulating in the LHC, engineers were searching the hacked computer for possible malicious damage. The CMS website displayed a page with a mocking message, in Greek, which included the line: "We are 2600 - don't mess with us". Full story, source: BBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyWeather Posted September 15, 2008 #2 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Why is it even hooked up to the internet anyway o.o Why not have a seperate computer(s) on an internet server. Keeping the actual important equipment isolated. Updating the seperate online compouters regularly. (Hm. Looks so wierd when I type that word...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaoszerg Posted September 15, 2008 #3 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Seems a little silly hooking something that important up to the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted September 15, 2008 Author #4 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Seems a little silly hooking something that important up to the internet. They are the original internet, the whole protocol and HTML was invented there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaoszerg Posted September 15, 2008 #5 Share Posted September 15, 2008 They are the original internet, the whole protocol and HTML was invented there. Oh I see. I never knew that, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2F Posted September 15, 2008 #6 Share Posted September 15, 2008 They could still isolate the equipment that runs the experiment. It figures, some idiot college kid will probably inadvertently cause the end of man by accidentally creating a black hole where otherwise none would have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesspy Posted September 16, 2008 #7 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I can collide particles through the interwebs now awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withoutnight Posted September 16, 2008 #8 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I don't want to sound ignorant but do we even know what it is that causes black holes? I mean besides the scientific speculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted September 16, 2008 Author #9 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I don't want to sound ignorant but do we even know what it is that causes black holes? I mean besides the scientific speculation. Gravity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesspy Posted September 16, 2008 #10 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I don't want to sound ignorant but do we even know what it is that causes black holes? I mean besides the scientific speculation. Black holes are where God divided by zero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Monkey Posted September 20, 2008 #11 Share Posted September 20, 2008 ...and now it is broken. Ho hum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Hill Posted September 20, 2008 #12 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Have they turned it on yet? whop Have they turned it on yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaoszerg Posted September 20, 2008 #13 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Black holes are where God divided by zero You must now be sacrificed for using old lame jokes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemical-licker Posted September 20, 2008 #14 Share Posted September 20, 2008 maybe god is so hidden that this is needed to uncover him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el midgetron Posted September 21, 2008 #15 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Why is it even hooked up to the internet anyway o.o Because nothing soothes the stress of playing with the existance of the planet better than internet porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesspy Posted September 21, 2008 #16 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Because nothing soothes the stress of playing with the existance of the planet better than internet porn. lol is that a dead cow or something in your sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el midgetron Posted September 21, 2008 #17 Share Posted September 21, 2008 lol is that a dead cow or something in your sig no, its a hiphopopotamus..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemical-licker Posted September 21, 2008 #18 Share Posted September 21, 2008 its a goat, yes it tis a GOAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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