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Old August 30th, 2010, 05:38 AM
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Default U.S. Military's Central Command Network Compromised by USB Malware

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U.S Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said in an essay published Wednesday in Foreign Affairs magazine that the attack began when an infected flash drive was inserted into a U.S. military laptop at a base in the Middle East.
The drive had been infected with malware that was placed there by a foreign spy agency, Lynn said. The malicious code uploaded itself onto a U.S. Central Command network, then spread undetected on classified and unclassified systems, allowing attackers to transfer data out of the network to servers under foreign control.
U.S. Military's Central Command Network Compromised by USB Malware - SC Magazine
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Old August 30th, 2010, 12:06 PM
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Fools And the're "supposed" to be protecting the nation. Well good luck on that !
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Tee hee heee
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Fools And the're "supposed" to be protecting the nation. Well good luck on that !

That's exactly what I thought. If they are that careless there is no telling what's been going on that we don't know about.
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