ISR News: UK Ministry of Defense Attacked
Excerpts from CIO.com’s Jeremy Kirk
The U.K. Ministry of Defence is in the midst of an electronic fight with a computer virus that rapidly spread through its computer networks starting Jan. 6. The virus infected computers throughout the military, including those used by the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, and is one of the most severe attacks the organization has ever faced, according to a Ministry of Defence spokeswoman.
Efforts to contain and clean up the virus have resulted in widespread shutdown of systems, but the ministry declined to say how many machines in total are affected. A solution to prevent reinfection of the PCs is being tested.
Some Navy systems are now up and running, but the Ministry did not have an estimate of how many of those systems remain down. The ministry declined to say which warships have been affected, but news reports singled out the fleet flagship HMS Ark Royal, an aircraft carrier that went into service in July 1985.
Filed under: Breach, Government, Insider Threat, Military, Uncategorized, hackers, malware, national security
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