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Obama Helicopter Security Breached By File Sharing
Hugh Pickens writes "A company that monitors peer-to-peer file-sharing networks has discovered a potentially serious security breach involving President Barack Obama's helicopter. 'We found a file containing entire blueprints and avionics package for Marine One, which is the president's helicopter,' says Bob Boback, CEO of Tiversa, a security company that specializes in peer-to-peer technology. Tiversa was able to track the file, discovered at an IP address in Tehran, Iran, back to its original source. 'What appears to be a defense contractor in Bethesda, Md., had a file-sharing program on one of their systems that also contained highly sensitive blueprints for Marine One,' says Boback, adding that someone from the company most likely downloaded a file-sharing program, typically used to exchange music, without realizing the potential problems. 'I'm sure that person is embarrassed and may even lose their job, but we know where it came from and we know where it went.' Iran is not the only country that appears to be accessing this type of information through file-sharing programs. 'We've noticed it out of Pakistan, Yemen, Qatar and China. They are actively searching for information that is disclosed in this fashion because it is a great source of intelligence.'"
So where's the torrent?
Tiversa was able to track the file, discovered at an IP address in Tehran, Iran, back to its original source.
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'We've noticed it out of Pakistan, Yemen, Qatar and China. They are actively searching for information that is disclosed in this fashion because it is a great source of intelligence.'
If you use p2p file sharing software to steal music and TV shows - terrorists win.
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
Torrent link, please?
Res publica non dominetur
So now that they have the plans for Marine One. They can save bundles in R&D and finally build Ayatollah One.
Couldn't resist. :)
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy - Benjamin Franklin"
So whats the high/low on this person having a GitMo vacation??
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plz seed
Don't worry, I am sure the Iranian ISP has a three strikes policy and terrorists will be soon cut off the internet.
Now the terrorists know the location of the tiny exhaust pipe that leads all the way to the central core.
Who Cares ????...... i don't...
If the Rebels have obtained a complete technical readout of this helicopter it is possible, however unlikely, that they might find a weakness, and exploit it.
Does the helicopter have a long trench leading up to a ventilation shaft?
Almost 200 comments, and not a single ROFLcopter...
You guys are slipping...
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Shhhh! The bad guys read Slashdot too. Don't let them realize the truth!
And now you will witness the power of this fully operational helicopter!
Modding me -1 troll doesn't make me wrong.
Source ?
It's Windows, you're not allowed to see the source.
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
Yes, this is absolutely a lobbying ploy. How the hell do they know "exactly which computer the information came from" unless they had direct access to the defense contractor's computers?
It was pretty easy. The first 15 computers we walked up to said "Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to login". The 16th computer was already logged in as "DEFCONTR\administrator" and had the Kazaa icon in the systray.
There's no place like
Build something idiot proof and someone will build a better idiot.
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