from CNN

[Richard Golodner <rgolodner () infratection com>]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/08/25/pentagon.cyberattack/index.html?hpt=T1

Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III, in an article titled
"Defending a New Domain" posted on Foreign Affairs magazine's web site,
said the "previously classified incident was the most significant breach
of U.S. military computers ever."

"The flash drive's malicious computer code, placed there by a foreign
intelligence agency, uploaded itself onto a network run by the U.S.
Central Command," his article said. "That code spread undetected on both
classified and unclassified systems, establishing what amounted to a
digital beachhead, from which data could be transferred to servers under
foreign control."

He continued: "It was a network administrator's worst fear: a rogue
program operating silently, poised to deliver operational plans into the
hands of an unknown adversary."

        It amazes me that this stuff is allowed to happen at this level, and to
not even be detected.
        Richard


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