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Welcome to Net Tracers Security News and Views Blog. I will keep this updated with the latest security topics, newsclips and my commentary. Thanks for visiting, and please come back often. Stay Secure! - Bryan K. Watson, President of Net Tracers Corporation - 1-877-HACK-NOW

Thursday, August 25, 2005

US Air Force scrambles after privacy breach | The Register

"The US Air Force has been forced to notify more than 33,000 airmen that their personal details might have been exposed following the discovery of a computer security breach. The notification comes after Air Force personnel officers discovered suspiciously high activity on one account into a careers database, called AMS (Assignment Management System), dating back to June."


This hack was done using existing and valid login credentials....Shows the need for good multifactor authentication.

-Bryan

Posted by Bryan K. Watson at 11:54 AM
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