But increasingly, the potential havoc wrought by a computer attack has drawn the attention of federal authorities.

In reality, few computer attacks are ever reported, and the ones that are made known tend to be those that affect thousands of computers.

The document does not say where the computer attacks originated.

Its primary application is investigation of advanced computer attacks which are stealthy enough to avoid leaving data on the computer's hard drive.

She'd prepared that program years ago, as protection against a computer attack like the one Forister was trying now.

Legal, security, and computer attacks are common in the game.

"The train problems, that computer attack, this was all part of their plan?"

The center was created in 1998 to protect telecommunications, power plants, banking and government operations against computer attacks.

"I decided to 'get even' by launching computer attacks against him," Ardolf later wrote in a letter to the judge.

Compass Airlines initial operations were also significantly disrupted by what appeared to be a computer attack on their reservations system.