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Possible Threat To Obama's Security Discovered
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 01:08:39 -0600 (CST)
http://www.wpxi.com/news/18818589/detail.html WPXI.com February 28, 2009 PITTSBURGH -- Target 11 has learned a Cranberry company that monitors peer-to-peer file-sharing networks discovered what it said is a potentially serious security breach involving President Barack Obama.s helicopter. Tiversa employees found engineering and communications information about Marine One at an IP address in Tehran, Iran. Bob Boback, CEO of Tiversa, said, .We found a file containing entire blueprints and avionics package for Marine One,which is the president's helicopter." The company was able to trace the file back to its original source. "What appears to be a defense contractor in Bethesda, MD had a file sharing program on one of their systems that also contained highly sensitive blueprints for Marine One," Boback said. Tiversa also found sensitive financial information about the cost of the helicopter on that same computer. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/
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