Pentagon gave control of millions of dormant IP addresses to Florida company before Trump left offic

[Judi Lynn]

Pentagon gave control of millions of dormant IP addresses to Florida company before Trump left office: report
Lexi Lonas 12 hrs ago

The Pentagon gave control of millions of dormant IP addresses to a Florida company before former President Trump left office, The Washington Post reported.

The previously unknown Florida company, Global Resource Systems LLC, had obtained control of 56 million Pentagon-owned IP addresses on Jan. 20 and is now nearing 175 million IP addresses.

A reporter went to the address of the company's location, which is inside an office building, but the receptionist told the reporter she couldn't give them any information and asked them to leave, according to the Post.

The Pentagon said the company is being used in a pilot effort to evaluate the Department of Defense's IP address space and ensure there are no "potential vulnerabilities."

More:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pentagon-gave-control-of-millions-of-dormant-ip-addresses-to-florida-company-before-trump-left-office-report/ar-BB1g0vIM?li=BBnb7Kz

[Frustratedlady]

1. This smells like rotten fish.

I would be suspicious with anything connected to Trump, Florida's political climate at the time and his plants in the Pentagon. Didn't he add some people at the end of his presidency? Why? That excuse is suspicious. The only potential vulnerabilities they would be concerned about at the end of his administration was anything that could be exposed and traced back to Trump.

[secondwind]

2. Why does anything even remotely connected to Trump sounds off alarm bells to me?

[Tommymac]

3. Actually if you dig deep in the article the Military may be using these IP's as honeypots...

to catch Russian and Chinese attempts to hack things.

Not so nefarious, except for the timing. Typical spy stuff.

My judgement is out on this one - will have to do more research.

[tanyev]

6. Maybe the timing was more "Whew! New sheriff's on the way."

[Beastly Boy]

4. More comments and details on the story are in this thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15369632

[Judi Lynn]

5. Thank you for this thread, Beasty Boy. I missed it altogether. It's really good to see it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️