Pentagon hit by 'critical compromise' of US air force communications - report

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Pentagon hit by ‘critical compromise’ of US air force communications – report

Forbes reports claim that engineer at Arnold air force base in Tennessee had taken home government radio technologies

Maya Yang
Sat 29 Jul 2023 17.34 BST
Last modified on Sat 29 Jul 2023 22.18 BST

The Pentagon is investigating a “critical compromise” of communications across 17 US air force facilities, according to reports.

The US department of defense’s investigation comes amid a tip from a base contractor that a 48-year-old engineer at the Arnold air force base in Tennessee had taken home various government radio technologies, Forbes first reported Friday.

According to a search warrant obtained by investigators and reviewed by Forbes, the equipment allegedly taken by the engineer cost nearly $90,000. It also added that when law enforcement agents searched his home, they found that he had “unauthorized administrator access” to radio communication technology used by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC), which is one of the nine major commands of the air force and in turn affected 17 defense department installations.

Investigators also found an open computer screen that showed the engineer running a Motorola radio programming software. According to the warrant, the software “contained the entire Arnold air force base (AAFB) communications system,” Forbes reported.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/29/pentagon-us-air-force-critical-compromise

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