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Iranian Computer Found to Have Info on Presidential Chopper

by Lee Bains on March 9, 2009 at 08:36 PM


Classified information regarding President Obama's helicopter was recently found in a peer-to-peer sharing folder on an Iranian computer, according to Computerworld.

Chris Gormley, C.O.O. of Tiversa Inc., told Computerworld that the company's analysts first located the leaked information on February 26th, determining it to have been taken from the system of a U.S. defense contractor. Since last summer, sensitive documents pertaining to the helicopter -- known as Marine One -- have been circulating on P2P networks, Gormley elaborated. Although Tiversa employees notified authorities and the contractor at the time, the discovery in Iran proves that the information is still up for grabs.

Avivah Litan, an analyst with Gartner Inc., told Computer world that, in the interest of protecting information, companies should encrypt their files, uninstall any P2P programs from company computers, and block P2P traffic from company networks. Our safety depends on it. [From: Computerworld]

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Tags: barack obama, BarackObama, cyber emergency, CyberEmergency, leak, marine one, MarineOne, p2p, security

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