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How Hackers Stole 24,000 Files From The Pentagon

 

Source: Fastcompany

 

We're all human, you know? That's roughly the trick that the hackers most likely relied on when, earlier this year, they managed to steal over 24,000 files from a defense contractor.

 

The Pentagon won't say what files went astray, or the level of secrecy associated with the contents of the stolen data. But we can assume that at least some of it was highly secret--secret enough that Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III felt compelled to admit to the attack during a speech about the future of cyber policy yesterday. Lynn said it concerned some of the U.S.'s "most sensitive systems, including aircraft avionics, surveillance technologies" and more, before hinting that foreign powers were behind the attack and using it to declare cyberspace the next battleground.

What went down? We spoke to Nick Percoco, digital security expert and SVP at Trustwave's SpiderLabs, and familiar with exactly this sort of cyberattack, to get some insight.

 

How The Hack May Have Begun: Email Scams

The fact that the 24,000 stolen files came from a defense contractor is significant, Percoco notes. It's likely easier to get this sort of data from a contractor than launching an all-out attack on Pentagon servers themselves, because companies are full of people--people who are used to doing business in our digitally connected world. And even though an employee of a defense contractor is probably way more switched on to digital security than you or I, it's still not impossible to cheat someone with access to secret files into placing malware on their work laptop.

 

 

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Comment by seand67 on July 19, 2011 at 8:52pm
Damn
Comment by MBD - Tha Last NetBender on July 19, 2011 at 2:36pm
THE PENTAGON DOESN'T PLAY THAT SHIT!!!

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