A Russian cyberattack, in July, the Pentagon did pull the plug on the entire e-mail system and the Internet that was unsafe. Described as a “sophisticated cyber invasion”, the incident compromised the email accounts of about 4.000 military and civilians working for the General Staff, although the authorities have not yet decided on whether it was sanctioned by the Russian government or is the work of a player independent.
The authorities insist, ao CNBC, that no documents or confidential correspondence was compromised.
According to experts, an automated system invaded the compromised accounts in a short time, e, then, “within one minute” They were redistributed to “thousands of accounts” online.
Although infiltration happened around 25 July, officials inform that the Pentagon's systems are still offline. They hope to restore the system by the end of this week.
The attack's responsibility is not assigned to anyone, though “It was clearly the work of a state operator” the officials told the CNBC.
Whoever, an “new and different vulnerability” it was used, high Pentagon sources told CNN. All updates and packages security available, apparently, They have been installed, and investigations are still underway about how exactly the servers were infiltrated.
Authorities reported, which was established email system not rated, temporarily to senior officials of the General Staff of the Joint.
Source: CNN
