By AFP on October 09, 2018
New US weapons systems being developed by the US Department of Defense can be easily be hacked by adversaries, a new government report said on Tuesday.
The Government Accountability Office said the Pentagon was unaware of how easy it could be for an adversary to gain access to the computer brains and software of the weapons systems and operate inside them undetected.
The weak points began with poor password management and unencrypted communications, it said.
But it said access points for the systems continued to grow in number and are not always well-understood by the operators themselves, leaving even non-networked systems deeply vulnerable.
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New Pentagon Weapons Systems Easily Hacked: Report
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"The weak points began with poor password management and unencrypted communications"
Good God! Our Government at it's finest. 😠
Good God! Our Government at it's finest. 😠
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A few choice extracts that caught my attention:
"In one case, it took a two-person test team just one hour to gain initial access to a weapon system and one day to gain full control of the system they were testing," it said
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"They could see, in real-time, what the operators were seeing on their screens and could manipulate the system."
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"Using relatively simple tools and techniques, testers were able to take control of these systems and largely operate undetected. In some cases, system operators were unable to effectively respond to the hacks," it said
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The report came as the US government wrestles with what it sees as concerted efforts by government-backed hackers in Russia and China to permeate government and private sector computer networks to steal data or simply wreak havoc.
Wow! Very reassuring indeed :@
God help us!
"In one case, it took a two-person test team just one hour to gain initial access to a weapon system and one day to gain full control of the system they were testing," it said
...
"They could see, in real-time, what the operators were seeing on their screens and could manipulate the system."
...
"Using relatively simple tools and techniques, testers were able to take control of these systems and largely operate undetected. In some cases, system operators were unable to effectively respond to the hacks," it said
...
The report came as the US government wrestles with what it sees as concerted efforts by government-backed hackers in Russia and China to permeate government and private sector computer networks to steal data or simply wreak havoc.
Wow! Very reassuring indeed :@
God help us!
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