Cyber Vulnerabilities Found In Navy's Newest Warship

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday April 28, 2013 @04:55AM from the scuttle-the-ship's-computer dept.

An anonymous reader writes with some potentially troubling news about some security issues with the Navy's newest class of coastal warships."A Navy team of computer hacking experts found some deficiencies when assigned to try to penetrate the network of the USS Freedom, the lead vessel in the $37 billion Littoral Combat Ship program, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The Freedom arrived in Singapore last week for an eight-month stay, which its builder, Lockheed Martin Corp., hopes will stimulate Asian demand for the fast, agile and stealthy ships. 'We do these types of inspections across the fleet to find individual vulnerabilities, as well as fleet-wide trends,' said the official."

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Some Things Never Change by Jah-Wren+Ryel · 2013-04-28 05:05 · Score: 5, Informative

USS Yorktown circa 1997

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I can't imagine... by The+Real+Dr+John · 2013-04-28 05:23 · Score: 4, Informative

I can't imagine spending $37 billion dollars of taxpayers money on anything better for the the taxpayers than some more naval vessels. Why waste it on schools, or roads or infrastructure, when you can have... um, well, some nice new ships for the Navy to sail around in?

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Re:SITTING DUCK by Anonymous Coward · 2013-04-28 06:53 · Score: 4, Informative

Dumbass, that was a scene from "A Few Good Men", released in 1992.