Jan 16, 2020, 06:40am
U.S. Army Hacked By 52 Hackers In Five Weeks
Davey Winder
During five weeks between October 9 and November 15, 2019, the U.S. Army was hacked by a total of 52 hackers. This isn't as bad as it sounds. A spokesperson at the U.S. Department of Defense Defense Digital Service said the hacking strengthens its security posture. That's because the 52 hackers were of the ethical variety and participating in the second "Hack the Army" event to have taken place since 2016.
A method in the cyber-madness
You might be forgiven for thinking that inviting hackers to attack your online assets would be a bad thing for any organization, let alone the U.S. Army. Threat actors hardly need an open invitation to cause havoc, after all. Only recently, the U.S. Government warned organizations to upgrade a particular VPN or face continued cyber-attacks, and both a New York airport and the City of New Orleans have fallen victim to ransomware attackers. Yet there is a method in this apparent cyber-madness. Hack the Army 2.0 was a joint venture between the U.S. Department of Defense, the Defense Digital Service and the HackerOne bug bounty platform.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/01/16/us-army-hacked-by-52-hackers-in-five-weeksheres-why/#1506a5ff1669
