(AP) WASHINGTON - The Pentagon on Thursday revealed that in the spring it suffered one of its largest losses ever of sensitive data in a cyberattack by a foreign government. It is a dramatic example of why the military is pursuing a new strategy emphasizing deeper defenses of its computer networks, collaboration with private industry and new steps to stop "malicious insiders."
William Lynn, the deputy secretary of defense, said in a speech outlining the strategy that 24,000 files containing Pentagon data were stolen from a defense industry computer network in a single intrusion in March. He offered no details about what was taken but said the Pentagon believes the attacker was a foreign government. He didn't say which nation.
"We have a pretty good idea" who did it, Lynn said in an interview before the speech. He would not elaborate.
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Bet it was China
ReplyDeleteHeck the Pentagon proved in September 2001 that it is incapable of defending itself from aerial attack with a commercial airliner!
ReplyDeleteHow could we expect them to defend their computers from attack?
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ReplyDeleteExcellent point. The Pentagon is not capable of defending itself.
The military is also not capable of defeating 3rd world countries who have no air force, no navy, and no armor divisions. What is this about? It is taking longer to defeat the Nation of Afghanistan than it took to defeat Japan. Japan had a navy and air force.
WTF? Why do we fight all these wars when we can win them? Let's hope no country ever attacks us with a real military!