P2P Leak Compromises White House Security

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Labmanager <labmanager () gmail com>
Date: July 30, 2009 12:31:54 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: P2P Leak Compromises White House Security

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136053/Details_on_presidential_motorcades_safe_house_for_First_Family_leak_via_P2P?taxonomyId=1

Details on presidential motorcades, safe house for First Family, leak  
via P2P


Details about a U.S. Secret Service safe house for the First Family --  
to be used in a national emergency -- were found to have leaked out on  
a LimeWire file-sharing network recently, members of the House  
Oversight and Government Reform Committee were told this morning.
Also unearthed on LimeWire networks in recent days were presidential  
motorcade routes and a sensitive but unclassified document listing  
details on every nuclear facility in the country, Robert Boback, CEO  
of Tiversa Inc. told committee members.

The disclosures prompted the chairman of the committee, Rep. Edolphus  
Towns, (D-N.Y.), to call for a ban on the use of peer-to-peer (P2P)  
software on all government and contractor computers and networks. "For  
our sensitive government information, the risk is simply too great to  
ignore," said Towns who plans to introduce a bill to enforce just such  
a P2P ban...

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