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Shutting the door once the horse is out...
Topic Started: Dec 10 2010, 04:47 PM (119 Views)
George K
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Finally
Military bans removable media.
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Maj. Gen. Richard Webber, commander of Air Force Network Operations, issued the Dec. 3 “Cyber Control Order” — obtained by Danger Room — which directs airmen to “immediately cease use of removable media on all systems, servers, and stand alone machines residing on SIPRNET,” the Defense Department’s secret network. Similar directives have gone out to the military’s other branches.

“Unauthorized data transfers routinely occur on classified networks using removable media and are a method the insider threat uses to exploit classified information. To mitigate the activity, all Air Force organizations must immediately suspend all SIPRNET data transfer activities on removable media,” the order adds.

It’s one of a number of moves the Defense Department is making to prevent further disclosures of secret information in the wake of the WikiLeaks document dumps. Pfc. Bradley Manning says he downloaded hundreds of thousands of files from SIPRNET to a CD marked “Lady Gaga” before giving the files to WikiLeaks.

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KlavierBauer
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HOLY CARP!!!
Yeah - duh.
They're only about 3 years behind the private sector - that inspires confidence.

When one of the largest hacks in history occurred a few years back by dropping thumb drives in a parking lot and waiting for employees to take them in and plug them in, many company's IT departments removed the ability of their computers to even recognize removable media.
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John D'Oh
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MAMIL
I have a friend who works for British Aerospace - he told me it was a fire-able offense to even bring a floppy disk into work. This was back when people actually used to bring floppy disks into work.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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George K
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When the iPod first came out, enterprising users would bring their iPods into computer stores, plug them into the desktop computers, and they would appear on the desktops of the computers in the store. Then, it was as simple as drag 'n' drop to copy something like Microsoft Office to your iPod, and walk out.
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blondie
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And here I thought this another topic challenging our equine purity scores ..........
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does watching Equus affect equine purity scores?
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