HACKER ATTACKS.

HACKER ATTACKS. CNN:

Hackers attacked the computer network at the Naval War College in Newport, taking down the school's network for more than two weeks, including some e-mail services and the college's Web site.The Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command in Norfolk, Virginia, detected the intrusion around November 16 and took the system offline, spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Doug Gabos said. He said the unclassified network was used by students.Military spokesmen would not give an estimate on when the school's Web site, www.nwc.navy.mil, will be back up... Gabos would not comment on who is suspected of attacking the network.

Who is responsible? DoD, the Commerce Department, the Army, and the state of Kentucky (believe it or not) have all suffered extensive attacks by Chinese hackers in the last couple years. There's some unwillingness to directly blame the Chinese government, but most associated seem to believe that the attacks are at least tacitly supported by Beijing. The choice of target certainly implies some governmental direction.

--Robert Farley