Iran downloads Marine One blueprints?
Marine One blueprints and avionics leaked to Iran through peer-to-peer network
Thanks to a defense contractor’s errant use of a peer-to-peer file-sharing network, President Obama’s helicopter may not be as safe as it looks.
A Pittsburgh-area company that monitors peer-to-peer networks accessed with file-sharing software like LimeWire and Napster says it has identified a potentially serious security breach involving Marine One and an IP address in Tehran, Iran.
The company found a file detailing the helicopter’s blueprints and avionics package, which it then traced to its original source, Tiversa CEO Bob Boback told NBC affiliate WPXI, which reported the story Saturday.
“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 information detailing the cost of Marine One.
He said that what probably happened is someone at the defense company began using a file-sharing program without realizing it could leak sensitive and classified documents because the programs can allow others to access your hard drive.</em>
Funny, I can’t run any P2P or torrent software on my work computer, and I don’t even handle sensitive government data. These folks need to find a new job, because they clearly aren’t up to the challenge of anything involving computer security.
