Anonymous Hacks NATO, Steals GB Of Data

Re:Anonymous Hacks NATO, Steals GB Of Data by flexd on Friday July 22, 2011 @07:40AM (#2793103)

I'm not saying this isn't bad enough. I'm just saying there are rules in place to prevent these kinds of things. Like physical network separation and machines with disabled interfaces (like network, usb, firewire). You would require physical access to steal data from those machines and it would be either guarded or locked away.

Data security is taken very seriously within the military & NATO but I can't speak for how other countries do things. Accidents happen, things are poorly secured.

I'm just speaking from my own experience, even if it is limited.

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Re:Anonymous Hacks NATO, Steals GB Of Data by gorgoroth666 on Friday July 22, 2011 @07:59AM (#2793151)

> things are poorly secured

I think we agree here.

> I'm just speaking from my own experience, even if it is limited.

Me also, I have a friend who could have secured himself 5 GB of data from NATO withou hacking while working there. But he wouldn't have disclosed it.

By the looks of it, all those sensitive documents must already be in the hands of the chinese government by now.

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Re:Anonymous Hacks NATO, Steals GB Of Data by gorgoroth666 on Friday July 22, 2011 @07:53AM (#2793138)

NATO include forces in a lot of countries already. I'm saying a lot of them do poor jobs.

Are you saying they are so good that the data incriminated is either fake or a deliberate attempt at misinformation by Nato ?

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Re:Anonymous Hacks NATO, Steals GB Of Data by flexd on Friday July 22, 2011 @08:39AM (#2793245)

No I am saying that if they are doing their jobs properly any data accessible from the internet is data that would not pose (much) of a security threat if released. I agree that most likely a lot of them do poor jobs but you should not underestimate their rules, regulations and strictness when it comes to data security.

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