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P2P Leaks Surprises
kilian.cavalotti writes "A new Web log is posting what it purports are pictures, documents and letters from U.S. soldiers and military bases in Iraq and elsewhere--all of which the site's operator claims to have downloaded from peer-to-peer networks such as Gnutella.
The "See What You Share" site has been online for a week and has published photos ranging from a crashed military jet to a screenshot of a spreadsheet file that appears to include names, addresses and telephone numbers of marines. The site's operator, a 30-year-old named Rick Wallace, wrote in a blog posting that he is trying to help the military understand how serious a security risk unmonitored peer-to-peer file sharing can be."
You are correct...there is NIPRNET (public internet) and SIPRNET (an entirely seperate, secret and very large network for military). The problem is that sometimes presentation computers are NIPRNET, and sometimes you have to give secret briefs. Or sometimes someone doesn't have SIPRNET set up correctly (its an involved process), so some idiot copies secret files to a floppy. As I said above in my email: SIPRNET computers shouldn't have floppies or zip. No removable media. Oh, and while youre at it, can we ditch all the MS contracts too, and move to something secure?
This is the case all over, and I got tired of it when I was in the military...the security is not where it should be an no one cares.
Did you read http://www.seewhatyoushare.com/2004/07/why-this-si te-exists.html
He made valid and physical attempts to inform the proper people about the issues and he saw no response, no action, he was basically ignored.
Well I bet they are taking notice now.. I would like to see every single person he talked to in the military that did Nothing up on military charges and kicked out of the military with nothing.
No better yet a true example should be set and they should end up in prison for threating the security of our nation.
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From the 'Why this site exists' section of his site:
A few months ago, I downloaded some military briefings from the Gnutella Network. The briefings were zipped and the file contained 21 documents with classifications ranging from For Official Use Only to Secret/NO FORN. Shocked at my discovery, I notified an agency on a nearby military installation. When nothing happened, I notified another agency. I continued this course because no action was taken and for a nation at war, I was concerned for the safety of our soldiers.
So it seems, he DID tell those who can do something about it, and that nothing is getting done.
Finally a slashdot article I can comment on knowledgably.
I'm an officer in the US Army and on a casual glance through the file list there's nothing on there that's classified. You can look up most of these manuals on google.
Here's a site that lists a couple: US Army Fields Manuals Not hugely helpful unless you have training and equipment, but I guess if I were a (bored) terrorist, I'd read em.
Thanks for COTFU (clicking on the f'ing url) where he clearly details how he found documents and immediately contacted the appropriate branches of service and/or military bases.
They did NOTHING. So he posted self-censored documents to shame them into fixing the problem.
I have no problem with that.
"Oh, you hate your job? There's a support group for that, it's called everyone, they meet at the bar."
The guy is stupid. Not only does he not know anything about the US military or the regular GI do with their spare times. I do not know if those list are real or fake but the image is nothing to worry about. Most enlisted don't know jack about what the higher echelon is doing until the finial phase. Case in point: My friend got a notice to ship out. He had a one-day notice. No one on the ship except the Captain and his XO know in advance of what was going on. My friend doesn't even know when he will come back. It wasn't a special mission or anything. In fact when he got back home, he told us that they just ran around in circle for ten days doing nothing. This is just a small example of how the military works. The US military don't think like regular civilian.
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On the pictures issue, if you go to any gun or military website forum, you will see a lot of pictures that were taken by GIs all over the world, from combats to RR. There are in fact millions of pictures floating around websites that show those kinds of pictures. You don't need P2P to find out. GIs have their own website, units have their website, and God know how many other military related website on the web that show those kind of pictures.
Here is an unit with their website and images. Some of the pictures are from Iraq. I found some of them enjoyable.
http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/ou