Information Security News: Identity theft hackers attack MI5 website

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/5937833/Identity-theft-hackers-attack-MI5-website.html

By Alastair Jamieson
Telegraph.co.uk
30 July 2009

The security breach could also have enabled the hackers to download 
viruses onto the machines of anyone using the organisation’s website, 
the Daily Express reported.

A Whitehall spokeswoman said there had been a "small issue" with a 
search engine linked to the MI5 website.

She said: "MI5 take security very seriously. Their website is secure and 
hosted in a high security environment."

Tory MP Patrick Mercer, who is chairman of the Commons' 
counter-terrorism sub-committee, told the newspaper: "Having potentially 
highly-classified information available to hackers is deeply concerning.

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