Pentagon Computer Networks Penetrated by Russian Malware
U.S. - Many virtual 'evil' are trying to attack or spy on the United States (U.S.) network system. Now, virtual evil suspected of originating from Russia successfully penetrate Pentagon computer networks.
As quoted from ITexaminer, this cracker malware attacks to unleash computer war zone and the U.S. command center that oversees Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the attack is indeed significant and seize the attention. However, it can not ascertain whether this been malware attacks by Russian cracker individually or there is involvement of the Russian government.
The likelihood, this makes the computer cracker who used the army in Afghanistan and Iraq as the target of attacks. Malware that attack U.S. computer systems is named agent.btz, and has been infected computers in non-government during the last few months.
Recently, the Department of Defense the United States (U.S.), prohibits the use of flash disk and removable device in the Pentagon to repress malware distribution.
So far, Pentagon and U.S. government departments repeatedly to cyber attack, which allegedly came from Russia and China. (Faw / wsh)