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To: Sammy67
The Pentagon has suffered from a cyber attack so alarming that it has taken the unprecedented step of banning the use of external hardware devices, such as flash drives and DVD's, FOX News has learned.

Um, I work in a similar secure area, and these devices have been banned for quite some time.

103 posted on 11/20/2008 6:32:24 PM PST by COBOL2Java (Obama: Satan's Counterfeit Christ)
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To: COBOL2Java

Only a tiny fraction of DoD networks and personal computers are classified. It’s not like the B-2 bomber blueprints and the complete war plan against West Bumble are on every computer.

Probably the biggest problem for the classified networks is the fact that there are a lot more classified computers than classified computers connected to a classified network. Thus, people had thumb drives used only for classified information, that were locked in secure storage every night, so they could transfer files to the computer where they actually sit and do their work.


104 posted on 11/20/2008 6:36:35 PM PST by Strategerist
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