The Department of Defence addressed public concerns over an alleged hack and data leak.
In an attempt to quell anxieties surrounding the alleged hacking of the Department of Defence’s systems, theAs per the statement, they assert their network has not been hacked by external individuals, but acknowledge that a “criminal syndicate operating inwas the work of criminal organisations, assisted by information leaked from within the department itself.
“This is a messy response from the DoD and not entirely convincing. […] I’d expect there to have been arrests already”.Olivier goes on to explain that even if the breach came from an insider, it is still deeply concerning. These internal networks house a variety of documents with varying levels of classification but do not hold key operational systems or highly classified material.
Oliver said: “A Red network is typically only accessible by specialised computers with cryptographic modules installed using symmetric or asymmetric keys.
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