Details on presidential motorcades, safe house for First Family, leak via P2P

Computerworld by Jaikumar Vijayan | Jul. 29, 2009 (News)

Computerworld - Details about a U.S. Secret Service safe house for the First Family -- to be used in a national emergency -- were found to have leaked out on a LimeWire file-sharing network recently, members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee were told this morning. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: U.S. Military, National Security, Obama Administration, Internet, Privacy
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Posted by: Posted by Andrew B - Jul 29, 2009 - 10:50 PM PDT
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Edited by: Andrew B - Jul 29, 2009 - 10:50 PM PDT
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 by Andrew B - Jul. 29, 2009

Great story about how careless users are causing major security breaches because of P2P software. Also touches on the issue that most P2P software is not transparent about which files/folders are being shared.

Why the government doesn't ALREADY ban P2P on its networks and implement air gaps for sensitive information is beyond me.

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