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United States Air Force

United States Air Force Data Breach (2018)

United States Air Force

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Disclosed

January 1, 2018

3007 days ago

Records

1

Confirmed

Root Cause

Hacking

Industry

Government

Description

a group of hackers got their hands on the Reaper’s operating manual with the intention of selling it online to anyone that wants it for $150 a pop. As with most security flaws, the exploit they used was all too human: they accessed the document through an Air Force Captain’s under protected home network