# How RSA got hacked resulting in multiple defense contractors getting hacked

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**Created:** [August 26, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-rsa-got-hacked-resulting-in-multiple-defense-contractors-getting-hacked/215910 "2011-08-26T16:02:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-rsa-got-hacked-resulting-in-multiple-defense-contractors-getting-hacked/215910/21 "2011-08-29T08:14:15Z")

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Bad things happen on the internet

It’s funny how hacking techniques have got more sophisticated but if you look at all the stuff anonymous/lulsec did and all the shit that got owned this year it was all simple things that could have been easily stopped.

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**Author:** ![Neon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@Neon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neon)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-rsa-got-hacked-resulting-in-multiple-defense-contractors-getting-hacked/215910/22 "2011-08-29T08:18:40Z")

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> [@LZ](#):
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> Bad things happen on the internet
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> It’s funny how hacking techniques have got more sophisticated but if you look at all the stuff anonymous/lulsec did and all the shit that got owned this year it was all simple things that could have been easily stopped.

That’s what I’m trying to say. Most of this isn’t brute force hacking lately, it’s just out smarting dumb users. Like the guy who guessed Palin’s email password…

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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-rsa-got-hacked-resulting-in-multiple-defense-contractors-getting-hacked/215910/23 "2011-08-29T08:25:47Z")

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I swear, every hack today is either based on a social engineering attack or SQL injection.

Brute forcing is just no more as any intelligent admin has rate limiting on their logins.

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**Author:** ![chasemanmusic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/chasemanmusic/32/6124_2.png) [@chasemanmusic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chasemanmusic)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-rsa-got-hacked-resulting-in-multiple-defense-contractors-getting-hacked/215910/24 "2011-08-30T15:51:55Z")

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Astaro products kick ass. We use them at my company. They are super robust and effective. More than a firewall really, it provides intrusion detection/prevention on all segments of your network, email filtering, web filtering, ftp filtering, wireless AP management/monitoring, site to site VPN, user vpn, integration with ldap, and more. The best part is it is sooo easy to use/learn!!!

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