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| The breach of the agency responsible for Trump's secure communications |
The US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), which provides information technology and supports secure communication with the United States government, including the President and other senior officials, said that their network may have been compromised by the agency earlier this month had sent mail to Potential victims. To warn the data leak system. Operated by an agent.
The agency's website states that the agency provides direct communications and information technology support to the armed forces of the President, Vice President and Staff, the US Secret Service, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and senior officials.
The letter said the agency believed that social security numbers and other sensitive information were obtained during the data breach between May 2019 and July 2019. However, it is not known whether this data was stored in a secret system.
A Pentagon spokesman confirmed that the Defense Information Systems Agency of the Department of Defense employs approximately 8,000 people, and the military and civilian contractors who oversee information exchange and communications technology differ according to the Department of Defense. , Charles Braichard, in an email to TechCrunch. infection. ,
"The Defense Information Systems Agency began sending messages to people whose personal information might be at risk due to data breaches in the systems they host." It contains information about the measures data users can take to reduce the potential negative effects of violations and information on free monitoring cards. Credit. "
A Pentagon spokesman added: "Although there is no evidence of misuse of this information, the US Defense Information Systems policy requires a warning to those who can disclose their personal information, and the agency has conducted full investigations and identified the incident. A Pentagon spokesman added" measures taken to protect security Cyber "."
Last week, the US Department of Justice accused four Chinese soldiers, Equifax, the rating agency that witnessed the theft of more than 147 million credit reports, and accused the public prosecutor of committing violations of the United States' Personnel Administration Office in 2015 suspected of this. This is the biggest violation of the US affairs department. In the history of the United States government, 21 million federal employees and contractors have been stolen.
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| The breach of the agency responsible for Trump's secure communications |