Frankeh
03-02-2009, 06:40 AM
Marine One blueprints and avionics leaked to Iran through peer-to-peer network
Published: Saturday February 28, 2009
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.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Marine_One_blueprints_and_avionics_leaked_0228.htm l
I would offer four theories on this particular fiasco:
1) New helicopter appropriations.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/16/eveningnews/main4804809.shtml, argued just last week
2) A spy using the "p2p software did it!" defense,
hmm only 1 person from Iran downloaded it???
3) False-flag setup.
4) More monitoring of p2p networks. publishers would love that....
Published: Saturday February 28, 2009
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.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Marine_One_blueprints_and_avionics_leaked_0228.htm l
I would offer four theories on this particular fiasco:
1) New helicopter appropriations.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/16/eveningnews/main4804809.shtml, argued just last week
2) A spy using the "p2p software did it!" defense,
hmm only 1 person from Iran downloaded it???
3) False-flag setup.
4) More monitoring of p2p networks. publishers would love that....