Flash Drives Beware. Andrezadnik via Wikimedia Pentagon: 2008 Cyber Breach, Considered the Biggest Ever, Was Caused By a Simple Flash Drive -- Popular Science
In the first on-the-record, official recognition that a foreign intelligence agency infiltrated sensitive U.S. military CentCom networks in 2008, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III has revealed the source of the attack. And it was -- drumroll please -- a flash drive. A simple flash drive inserted into a military laptop at a location in the Middle East allowed malicious code to install and conceal itself on both classified and unclassified servers, opening them to foreign control.
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More News On The Cyber Attack On the Pentagon In 2008
Pentagon computers attacked with flash drive -- AP
Defense official discloses cyberattack -- Washington Post
US Defense Official Confirms 2008 Cyber Attack On Military Computers -- RTT News
Pentagon: U.S. Suffered Cyber Attack in 2008 -- CBS News
Pentagon declassifies 2008 cyberattack for first time -- The Australian
Secret US military computers 'cyber attacked' in 2008 -- BBC
Bad flash drive caused worst U.S. military breach -- CNET
Pentagon confirms attack breached classified network -- The Register
Cyberattack in 2008 prompted new Pentagon cyberdefense plan -- CNN
Insiders Doubt 2008 Pentagon Hack Was Foreign Spy Attack (Updated) -- Danger Rooom
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