The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, June 9
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U.S. Army - News, Features, and Slideshows
News about U.S. Army
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US Army website defaced, then brought down
The U.S. Army's website was defaced and later brought down Monday, with the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) claiming responsibility.
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IBM's chip business sale gets national security scrutiny
IBM's plan to transfer its semiconductor manufacturing business to GlobalFoundries faces a government review over national security implications. It has the potential of being complicated because of IBM's role as a defense supplier.
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Four charged with stealing Army helicopter training software
Four alleged members of an international computer hacking ring face charges in the U.S. of breaking into the computer networks of the U.S. Army and several tech companies and stealing several software packages, including programs used to train Army helicopter pilots.
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What corporate security pros should do about Shellshock/Bash bug
Shellshock/bash bug exploits can force compromised servers to act as bots and, depending on the types of privileges the servers have, attackers can make them do a lot worse. So corporate security pros should patch important affected machines as soon as possible.