In a previous article on Neowin we reported on the data that was stolen from the Pentagon. Now, new details have surfaced about what information was taken. For the most part there is very little to worry about.A spokesperson for Lockeed Martin explains that "They'll have very little information other than how you maintain the aircraft". Its comforting to know that the most sensitive of data is kept far away from the reaches of the internet and that only things such as manuals and other non sensitive data are kept on network accessible computers.
Cyber threats are growing and are consistently become one of the highest threats to any nation's national security. It's becoming harder and harder to track down hackers that are becoming quite effective at hiding their true locations; it could be a state sponsored hack or simply a group of individuals with a grudge, either way they are both a threat to be concerned about.
it's pretty easy to get the terabytes of data... how?
monkey see --> monkey do.. the terbytes is just a bunch of pictures hahaha
Last edited by shockz on 23 Apr 2009 - 03:13
it's pretty easy to get the terabytes of data... how?
monkey see --> monkey do.. the terbytes is just a bunch of pictures hahaha
Considering that most U.S. Army manuals are written about at the 7th Grade level that might not be that far off ....
I think that's the Marines, not the Army.
I suspect the terabytes is also due to lots of pictures and videos.
Last edited by schwit on 22 Apr 2009 - 15:36
I suspect the terabytes is also due to lots of pictures and videos.
aww but the Marines are jsut part of the Dept Of Navy... (ducks thrown bottles and punches)... yeah yeah i know they only like the Navy Corps Man... and well perhaps the ship engineer for power requirement needs ..
The current drive label is PENTAGON.
The Serial number is SOMETHING-FAKE.
Aircraft Maintenance 101.doc 7 519 453 678 110 bytes
Wow, the pentagon still uses an old version of Word!?
My default save type for Office is the .doc (etc.) formats not the .docx formats - as generally there is no need to save them as the new types for me - a few benefits include slightly better compression but as I only write short pieces of text etc. in word that's little to no benefit - infact when I first installed it was just an inconvenience having to reopen files to save as another type before I could send to people who don't have the latest office or .docx add-on installed including a friend who used the latest mac versions of office at the time.
Edit:
It was also extremely irritating when I was testing Office before the 2007 public release when only those invited had the build, what must have been early 2006. I'm actually waiting for the beta for what will be office 2010 , c'mon Microsoft!
Last edited by mmck on 22 Apr 2009 - 13:20
As to the volumes of technical data, it was just that, technical data. Not so much on the complexities of the aircraft, but rather training orders (TOs) that provide instruction to aircraft maintainers.
All the same, this should be a real wake up call to our national leadership that we need to be more proactive to securing our nation's digital infrastructure.
So, it is not strange to see that USA is (not more) on the top on security, instead Romania,Ukrania, Russia, Germany (Deutchland) and in some minor degreed, China is topping the best places in security (and, at the same time, in hackers).
So, when you talk to secure the national (USA) infrastructure system, then you are taking or to contract local but barely qualified workforce or to contract a (for example) a Russian consultant company to protect against Russia ->
Last edited by Magallanes on 22 Apr 2009 - 13:25
So, it is not strange to see that USA is (not more) on the top on security, instead Romania,Ukrania, Russia, Germany (Deutchland) and in some minor degreed, China is topping the best places in security (and, at the same time, in hackers).
So, when you talk to secure the national (USA) infrastructure system, then you are taking or to contract local but barely qualified workforce or to contract a (for example) a Russian consultant company to protect against Russia ->
What the hell are you babbling about?
If they had stole precious data, do you really think they would tell the public?
im going with no.
PANIC
So now they see how vunerable they are. Dont blame the british guy for telling you that.
You think even if it was sensitive data they'd tell you? lol. Oh ya, and I did make that quote for dramatic effect if it wasn't obvious enough for you.
You think even if it was sensitive data they'd tell you? lol. Oh ya, and I did make that quote for dramatic effect if it wasn't obvious enough for you.
The links to and from these places onto the internet is normally dedicated fiber allowing speeds in the GBPS. Someone in a major pop would have no problem pulling off say a 7TB file at 100meg in less than a day.
If they had a gigabit link they could pull that down in a magnitude of hours. Why it wasn't noticed however is the key. But then if the building regually transfers huge qtys of data ( understandable given it's nature ) then its not unusual that it got overlooked.
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