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Fnord666
on Thursday January 05 2017, @08:53AM
from the now-everyone-can-play-doctor dept.
from the now-everyone-can-play-doctor dept.
The cleartext and openly accessible database – said to be at least 11 gigabytes in size – also included names and locations of at least two Special Forces analysts with Top Secret government clearance.
It exposed pay scales, living quarters, and residences of psychologists and other SOCOM healthcare workers.
MacKeeper researcher Chris Vickery found the leaky data store online, reporting it to Potomac Healthcare Solutions. He says the company has fixed the vulnerable system, but did not initially appear to take his warning seriously.
"It is not presently known why an unprotected remote synchronization (rsync) service was active at an IP address tied to Potomac," Vickery says.
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Top-Secret-cleared SOCOM Medics Hit in 11GB Govt Database Leak
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(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 05 2017, @10:19AM
The database contains secret research on how to brick a human brain. It is safe to leave it lying around unprotected since anyone who reads it falls into a coma. All is according to plan.
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Thursday January 05 2017, @11:12AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ienp4J3pW7U [youtube.com]
compiling...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 05 2017, @11:54AM
The Riddle of the Universe and Its Solution [yorku.ca]
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday January 05 2017, @07:37PM
The data is protected by a virus that will kill you if you extract it, but still lets you read all the data to confirm that it's genuine.
Hollywood depresses me sometimes.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Rich on Thursday January 05 2017, @12:30PM
Does the guy research FOR or AGAINST the annoyance from MacKeeper?
(Score: 2) by stretch611 on Thursday January 05 2017, @01:47PM
It is not presently known why an unprotected remote synchronization (rsync) service was active at an IP address tied to Potomac, Vickery says.
As if unprotected RSync is a good idea on anyone's ip address other then this company.
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Thursday January 05 2017, @05:28PM
Where you'd otherwise use anonymous FTP, anonymous rsync has advantages.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by nitehawk214 on Thursday January 05 2017, @02:49PM
They were probably trying to see if they could blame the leak on the reporter before doing anything else.
If it was a government agency the guy would have been arrested already.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 05 2017, @03:29PM
How were they involved in this?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 05 2017, @03:34PM
To answer your topic: Everywhere
To answer your question: Irrelevant
(Score: 2) by meustrus on Thursday January 05 2017, @07:42PM
What I really want to know is: how much does it pay to be a special forces medic?
If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 05 2017, @10:41PM
Can you work it out from the "Cost Rate" field?