Data breach hits agency overseeing White House communications

[BadGimp]

Source: BBC.com

The US agency in charge of secure communication for the White House has been the victim of a cyber-attack.

The US Department of Defence confirmed that computer systems controlled by the Defence Information Systems Agency (DISA) had been hacked, exposing the personal data of about 200,000 people.

The agency oversees military communications including calls for US President Donald Trump.

The data exposed included names and social security numbers.

The agency is responsible for the military cyber-security and it sets up communications networks in combat zones.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51580925

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WHY the hell is this news flash not headlines EVERYWHERE?

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Dumb hackers

Why would they hack what Trump releases daily?

[Loubee]

2. Is Rudy still in charge of that?

[lagomorph777]

3. I thought Jared was in charge of that.

Or was it Mr. Whipple, the Charmin guy?

[nykym]

4. Just maybe the

Ukraine call is there...

[Scotch-Irish]

17. That's what I was wondering. Is it the server where his Ukraine call is?

If so, I wonder who hacked it? Russia already knows the whole thing, but maybe another country is going to hold it over trump's head for a quid pro quo of their own.

[LiberalArkie]

5. Just wait until he turns Air Force 1 over to Putin

[DENVERPOPS]

10. Trump's new AirForceOne colors

Are the same color and configuration as the Russian flag, but just upside down. All he has to do is invert the bands of color and BINGO an enormous 747 sized, flying Russian Flag........

[llmart]

6. Yet people still think our election couldn't have been hacked.

I'll bet Washington is in more chaos then the citizens of this country even know due to the addle brained idiot in the White House.

[leftieNanner]

15. Especially since he has fired everyone who is in any way competent

Or they have walked out on their own.

Now with Grenell as DNI, who the hell knows what is going to happen? I'm hoping that the IC doesn't tell him everything they know.

[DallasNE]

7. And Why Would Social Security Number

Not be encrypted on the database? Are those computer systems that out of date?

[DENVERPOPS]

8. Oooops

They have merely stumbled across the Putin/Trump back channel communication system everybody has been wondering about.
They knew Trump was communicating back and forth directly with Putin, they just couldn't figure out how......

It couldn't be more obvious that Trump asks Putin WHAT do do, and also asks HOW it should be done to cause the most damage.......

[CloudWatcher]

9. DOD security

One clue of the breach was when https://disa.mil was redirected to http://disa.ru. Most people didn't really notice, those that did assumed it was an intentional change coming from the top.

[CaptYossarian]

11. Their password is 1-2-3-4.

But don't tell anyone.

[Wounded Bear]

12. I hear they changed that now...

Now, it's 4-3-2-1. But don't let that out. It's top secret.

[CaptYossarian]

16. It makes us wish we were stable geniuses.

[sakabatou]

13. I've got the same combination on my luggage!

[defacto7]

14. Kick