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Cyber Power
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Cyber Power

by Solange Ghernaouti-Helie
April 2016
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
220 pages
15h 17m
English
EPFL Press
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A hacker attacked an authentication server of a National Pharmacists Asso-
ciation, resulting in downtime of all services. Five thousand users were no
longer able to access the website, and medicine Internet trading services were
interrupted. The hacker launched a DoS attack that consisted of bombarding
the authentication server with many unauthorized attempts. The hacker used
the Internet to nd hacking tools, such as cracker software, through forums
and hacking sites. He intercepted the password of the administrator of the
National Pharmacists Association. The hacker used this stolen identication
to gain access to protected documents that contained condential informa-
tion. In addition, the fraudster found eighty ...
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ISBN: 9781466573048