Hackers strike Pentagon's $300 billion F-35 fighter project

Computer intruders hacked into the Pentagon's $300 billion F-35 Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter) project. In attacks apparently originating from China, the hackers downloaded huge amounts of data -- but not the most sensitive material, which is stored offline.

See, Wall St. Journal, April 21, 2009, at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124027491029837401.html; see also, "Fighter Jet Hack Far From First Government Breach," PC World, April 21, 2009, at http://www.pcworld.com/article/163533/fighter_jet_hack_far_from_first_government_breach.html