Army Special Forces document leaked on P2P network

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://www.scmagazineus.com/Army-Special-Forces-document-leaked-on-P2P-network/article/151309/

Army Special Forces document leaked on P2P network
Angela Moscaritolo
October 05, 2009

A recent breach involved a U.S. Army Special Forces document containing 
the names, Social Security numbers, home phone numbers and home addresses 
of 463 soldiers from the Third Special Forces group, based out of Fort 
Bragg, N.C. The document also contained names and ages of soldiers' 
spouses and children.

The document was discovered in connection with a Congressional move to 
address the continuing risk of data leaks on peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. 
The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is drafting 
legislation and contracted with a file-sharing monitoring company to 
examine the scope of the problem.

Through its research, the firm, Tiversa, turned up the document among 240 
others belonging to federal government agencies and military branches, all 
sitting on P2P networks.

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