U.S. military's battlefield network vulnerable to hackers

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/24/intelligence-failure-us-command-kabul-warns-intell/

By Rowan Scarborough
The Washington Times
September 24, 2013

The Pentagon’s main battlefield intelligence network in Afghanistan is 
vulnerable to hackers -- both the enemy or a leaker -- and the U.S. 
command in Kabul will cut off from the military’s classified data files 
unless the Army fixes the defects in 60 days, according to an official 
memo obtained by The Washington Times.

The memo says the Army’s Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) flunked a 
readiness test and does not confirm the source of outside Internet 
addresses entering the classified database.

The Sept. 5 warning notice from the U.S. command in Kabul is another blow 
to the intelligence network, commonly called “D-Sigs.” It already had 
suffered a wave of bad news, such as soldiers panning its performance as 
unreliable and the Pentagon’s top tester judging it as not operationally 
effective.

The warning comes as the U.S. military is on heightened alert against 
unlawful entry into classified computer networks, not only by the enemy 
but also by "friendlies" such as Army Pvt. Bradley Manning and former 
National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden. Both illegally 
downloaded reams of classified data that got widespread dissemination in 
the news media and, officials say, greatly damaged America’s security.

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