XSSing the Government



XSSing the Government

Today, Michael Daw explores a fictional scenario of how terrorist
cells used XSS to hack into government agencies.

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Terrorists had found a way to track government intelligence agencies
and gain access to highly protected computers using Cross Site
Scripting attacks.
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URL: http://michaeldaw.org

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