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NSA Email Server Allegedly Compromised by Swedish Hacker

posted by n1 on Sunday May 17 2015, @05:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the keepin-it-old-skool dept.

CortoMaltese writes:

According to The Cryptosphere, An email server belonging to the National Security Agency that was outsourced to telecommunications company Qwest was compromised by a Swedish hacker with the handle "DⒶʀKᙡiNɢ ಠ_ರೃ" who described his exploit in a pastebin, apparently the vulnerability is attributed to outdated SSL and SSH protocols, to this moment no content stored in the email server has been released.

Pirate Party activist Raymond Johansen reported that post describing the hack had been censored on various social media sites, including Facebook and LinkedIn.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by nyder on Sunday May 17 2015, @07:15AM

    by nyder (4525) on Sunday May 17 2015, @07:15AM (#183979)

    Darkwing Duck is the terror that flaps in the night.

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