‘Very difficult to defend’: What happens if hackers are inside the Pentagon’s networks?
Andrew Eversden , Joe Gould , and Mark Pomerleau
WASHINGTON — If Russian hackers suspected of a vast cybersecurity breach slipped into the Pentagon or military’s computer systems, the strength of protective network blockades is key to keeping them from burrowing in to try to access increasing amounts of information.
Those protections — in the form of secure network connections — have to stand up to meddling to keep hackers from hopping from network to network to potentially reach sensitive communications or even weapon systems, where they could steal or alter data or cause damage, experts say. However, observers point out that this breach appears so far to be a classic espionage campaign, though with some of the most sophisticated methods seen yet.
“We certainly have a high degree of activity around that right now,†Navy CIO Aaron Weis told C4ISRNET. “We have teams who have acted upon the direct orders from Cyber Command and have executed those things. We continue to engage around that. There are internal meetings that are ongoing where we’re ensuring that we’ve put the right things in place. Absolutely it’s got our full attention.â€
https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/it-networks/2020/12/27/very-difficult-to-defend-what-happens-if-hackers-are-inside-the-pentagons-networks/
