Friend or Foe

Malicious Life

Technology

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🗓️ 10 January 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The largest hack in U.S military history may have been conducted by… The NSA. In 1997, a wargame conducted by the NSA showed just how unprepared we were for a potential cybernetic strike- in 4 days, NSA hackers were able to take down entire military networks. It revealed the dire consequences of a possible cyberattack, and even […] Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	And So, June 9th, 1997. Over the next four days, officials across the United States Department of Defense
0:37.0	experienced problems in their computer systems.
0:40.0	Streams of scrambled inexplicable data popped up on screens.
0:45.0	Files got deleted in hard drives reformatted.
0:49.0	E-mails stopped sending and receiving,
0:52.0	or even worse, sending but saying something totally
0:56.0	different upon arrival. Phone lines broke. Facts lines became overloaded with requests.
1:02.4	Computer monitors simply shot. became overloaded with requests.
1:03.0	Computer monitors simply shut down without rhyme or reason.
1:08.0	High-ranking members had no clue of what could be going on,
1:12.0	nor of the scope of the problem.
1:15.0	Some didn't even notice it happening.
1:18.0	Few did or knew how to do anything to stop it.
1:22.0	No branch of the US defense complex, from the joint chiefs to the
1:26.6	Pacific Command to the Pentagon and more, were spared. One particularly concerned individual sent an email to his commanding officer,
1:35.6	quote, I don't trust my command control. That email was intercepted.
1:41.1	This all, it turns out, was by far the largest hack of the U.S. military and history.
1:48.9	Luckily, the hackers responsible for initiating such a devastating attack were the NSA.
1:57.0	Hi, my name is Rian Levy and this is the Malicious Life Podcast.
2:04.4	In this episode, penetration testing or the act of intentionally breaching a system
2:10.5	in order to test its strength and weaknesses.
2:14.0	Think of pen tests like a really honest roommate,
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