Get Hacked, Don’t Tell: Drone Base Didn’t Report Virus
We may not be ready for the first World Web War
Military • October 2011 • Views: 1,093
Er, guys… About that net centric war plan and chain of command? Better take a look at that.
Officials at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada knew for two weeks about a virus infecting the drone “cockpits” there. But they kept the information about the infection to themselves — leaving the unit that’s supposed to serve as the Air Force’s cybersecurity specialists in the dark. The network defenders at the 24th Air Force learned of the virus by reading about it in Danger Room.