Hackers race to expose Cisco Internet flaw

Iria · Aug 1, 2005, 08:23 PM

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Computer hackers worked through the weekend to expose a flaw that could allow an attacker to take control of the Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO - news) routers that direct traffic across much of the Internet.

Angered and inspired by Cisco's attempts to suppress news of the flaw earlier in the week, several computer security experts at the Defcon computer-security conference worked past midnight Saturday to discover and map out the vulnerability.

"The reason we're doing this is because someone said you can't," said one hacker, who like the others spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity.
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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Hackers race to expose Cisco Internet flaw LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Computer hackers worked through the weekend to expose a flaw that could allow an attacker to take control of the Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO - news) routers that direct traffic across much of the Internet. Angered and inspired by Cisco's attempts to suppress news of the flaw earlier in the week, several computer security experts at the Defcon computer-security conference worked past midnight Saturday to discover and map out the vulnerability. "The reason we're doing this is because someone said you can't," said one hacker, who like the others spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity. ____________ Read More / Source: SBC Yahoo! News