Word: trojans
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...raising alarms. A November 2003 government alert obtained by TIME details what a source close to the investigation says was an early indication of Titan Rain's ability to cause widespread havoc. Hundreds of Defense Department computer systems had been penetrated by an insidious program known as a "trojan," the alert warned. "These compromises ... allow an unknown adversary not only control over the DOD hosts, but also the capability to use the DOD hosts in malicious activity. The potential also exists for the perpetrator to potentially shut down each host." The attacks were also stinging allies, including Britain, Canada, Australia...
...oversee Harvard’s now-$22.6 billion endowment, created a venture-capital subsidiary, it called the group Aeneas. Walter M. Cabot ’55, the company’s first president and deputy treasurer, bestowed the name—and today he says the Trojan hero still captures his idea of how an investment group should operate...
...crazed virago to shrill housewife (one of the production’s conceits is the coy use of Americana nuclear-family trappings). Lauren L. Jackson ’07, as the Leader of the Furies, exudes menace and dances wonderfully; Scottie Thompson ’05, as the doomed Trojan seer Cassandra, is eerie and compelling. Sara L. Bartel ’06 knows how to tug heartstrings while also conjuring a fatalistic dignity as the young Iphigenia, and the scene in which her father sacrifices her is legitimately horrifying...
...Olympic Committee's National Sports Festival meet. She appears at the beginning of the javelin run-in, holds her spear head-high, level with the ground, and flows into the unmistakable prancing, straight-backed run that must have been the same when soldiers threw those weapons in the Trojan War. The javelin thuds down at 144 ft. 11 in. There is a roar. Casual fans are delighted, but the knowledgeable are disappointed because they know that she can score several yards better...
...bulletin board based on Long Island, N.Y., hoping to upgrade the graphics capabilities of his IBM PC with a free program called EGA-BTR. After he transferred the software into his machine, Streeter's screen went blank. Soon after, a message flashed: "Arf, arf! Got you!" This so-called Trojan-horse program had erased nearly 900 accounting, word processing and game files that Streeter had stored in his machine. Said the dismayed engineer: "Had I logged on to the bulletin board while at work and it destroyed some work programs, I would have been cooked. Now I just feel stupid...