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posted by takyon on Sunday April 26 2015, @11:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the cold-cyberwar dept.

From Ars Technica:

On Saturday the New York Times reported that "senior American officials briefed on the investigation" confirmed a hack of the White House's unclassified network last year. The breach "was far more intrusive and worrisome than has been publicly acknowledged," officials said, telling the Times that the perpetrators were likely Russians with ties to the government, if not with direct backing from Russia.

The White House's classified network, on which message traffic from President Obama's Blackberry is kept, was not breached, but e-mails he sent to the unclassified network from that device (as well as e-mails sent from that network to him) were obtained.

The Times noted that many senior staffers have two computers in their offices: "one operating on a highly secure classified network and another connected to the outside world for unclassified communications." The most highly secure material shared between "the White House, the State Department, the Pentagon, and intelligence communities" is kept on a system called Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS), which was not breached. JWICS also gives access to the front-end for XKeyscore, a system that collects, manages, and processes the massive amounts of data collected by the NSA.

The White House discovered the breach in October 2014 and partially shut down the unclassified e-mail system until the end of the month when system administrators were sure that the hackers no longer had access to the system.

 
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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 27 2015, @05:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 27 2015, @05:33PM (#175776)

    If he didn't run, he would be alive today. But no, he had to act like a thug and got what he deserved. I have a feeling this is going to happen more often, idiots thinking they can become famous by evading cops even if they didn't do anything wrong.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday April 28 2015, @03:39PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 28 2015, @03:39PM (#176110) Journal

    Fleeing and evading should never have become felonies, in and of themselves. Fleeing, evading, and eluding cops should be nothing more than a misdemeanor, and a circumstance to consider during a trial for a real felony.

    If a cop wants to talk to me, it is NOT MY DUTY to cooperate with him. I can run, hide, whatever, with or without good reason for doing so. Fact is - I HAVE run from the cops. It's thrilling. There are few adrenalin rushes greater than blowing past a cop going faster than his cruiser can possibly go. Two-wheeled thunder - and I don't mean any Harley Davidson. I've never witnessed a Harley running over 100 mph, let alone the speeds necessary to outrun a police cruiser.

    You think it's just fine and dandy that a cop should be permitted to gun me down for driving faster than he can? Is that what you really think?

    Well, I hope you enjoy the police state that is coming, because that is what you are justifying.