Defense Department developing portable hacking device for soldiers

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It's not exactly news that the Department of Defense is looking at ways to make hacking a more practical weapon, but it looks to really be stepping up its game with its latest project, which promises to make complicated attacks as simple as a few button presses. That would apparently be possible thanks to a slightly mysterious device that'd be small enough to carry around in a backpack, but powerful enough to do everything from breaking into a wireless network to hacking into SCADA (or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems (used at power plants, nuclear facilities, and the like).

Defense Department developing portable hacking device for soldiers (http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/defense-department-developing-portable-hacking-device-for-soldie/)