File sharing's mysteries again stump Uncle Sam

The accidental disclosure of a House ethics investigation has kicked up quite a fuss on Capitol Hill as it turns out that more than 30 congressman and aides are under investigation. But after committee chairman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) disclosed the breach on the House floor late Thursday, her colleague, Rep. Jo Bonner (Ala.), who is the committee's ranking Republican, spoke next, telling fellow members that the breach was an isolated incident.

Not exactly.

In February, a company that monitors P2P networks said that it had found blueprints and avionics about the president's helicopter, Marine One, on a computer in Tehran. An investigation later found that a third-party defense contractor with access to that data was using a computer that also had P2P file-sharing software on its hard drive...

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[lazycat202]

speechless!

[n3td3v]

You've got to look at what is leaked, and if there is a political strategy for the leak. An excuse of "leak" is often an unofficial way to release information.

[poster48150]

Nearly everything technical stumps Uncle Sam.

[jwagdy]

regadless if there is a a political strategy for the leak or not, this shows the lack of enforced IT securrity policies on the defence contractor part. How did that guy got this file sharing software installed? and if it is his personal laptop, why was he/she allowed to have such data on his/her personal laptop?

[BigAl35540]

WHAT! That's crazy! P2P on a sensitive military subcontractor's network! I don't even allow P2P on any of my computers on my network! Excuse me but the person running IT at that site needs to be replaced! It is his/her responsibility to secure the network and anybody in their right mind would know that P2P software poses a serious risk! What kind of people is the government and it's strategic contractors hiring nowadays! I'm beginning to seriously wonder!

[fdunn3]

"I'm beginning to seriously wonder!"

You are just now beginning to wonder?

And they just set up a "World Class" CyberSecurity offensive and defensive center of Operations.

Now if they could just find somebody that knew what they were doing to operate it.
;-)

[slam5]

And I lecture my customer's kid about P2P. Grown up does it too!