http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/3/2008-intrusion-of-networks-spurred-combined-units/ By Bill Gertz Washington Times June 3, 2010 A foreign computer intrusion two years ago reached classified Pentagon computer networks, prompting a reorganization of offensive and defensive cyberwarfare efforts, the commander of the new U.S. Cyber Command said Thursday. Army Gen. Keith Alexander, who is also director of the National Security Agency (NSA), the electronic spying service, said in a speech that the compromise took place in late 2008 in what he described as "a serious intrusion into our classified networks." As a result, the Pentagon combined two cyberwarfare units under NSA to harmonize "offensive and defensive cybercapabilities" and build on NSA intelligence work on "understanding of the threat and the ability to respond to it," Gen. Alexander said in a speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The four-star general provided no details on the classified information breach. Pentagon officials said later that Gen. Alexander was referring to the compromise of classified networks through a computer "thumb" drive that planted a virus into classified networks in the fall of 2008. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books and More! Shop InfoSec News http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/Received on Thu Jun 03 2010 - 22:38:29 PDT
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