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- This truth is that the United States is only ready for traditional warfare, not cyberwar, the article notes
- David, good morning
Video: Hacker Attack Reveals An Inconvenient Truth About The Most Powerful Army In The World
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A cyberattack, allegedly carried out by Russian hackers, on the mail system of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff exposed the "inconvenient truth" about "the most powerful army on the planet," according to CBS News.
This truth is that the United States is only ready for traditional warfare, not cyberwar, the article notes
This morning, we received information on who may be behind the highly troublesome cyberattack against our country's top military leadership.
According to American intelligence, the Joint Chiefs of Staff's mail system was hacked by hackers working for Russia. A cybersecurity firm created this map to show the hacker attacks underway right now. David Martin is at the Pentagon, where the hack is currently being investigated.
David, good morning
DAVID MARTIN, CBS News Correspondent: Good morning. The attack on this unclassified mail system lasted for approximately two weeks. It, according to US intelligence, was carried out by hackers associated with the Russian government.
Some 2,500 civilian and military professionals working for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff used the system for routine tasks such as scheduling meetings. Pentagon officials insist that the hackers have not been able to find out any secrets, nevertheless, we are still talking about undisclosed information.
The weekend before last, a sophisticated hack was discovered that only China or Russia could carry out, according to defense officials. After nearly two weeks of investigation, US intelligence has named Russia as the likely culprit. As Defense Secretary Ash Carter said earlier this year, this is not the first time Russia has hacked into the Pentagon's unclassified network.
Ashton Carter, US Secretary of Defense: Having learned valuable information about their tactics, we analyzed the activities of their network, linked it to Russia and then quickly expelled them from the system, and did everything in such a way as to minimize the chances of their return.
But the Pentagon was not prepared for this recent attack to be more sophisticated. All of this underscores a very inconvenient truth about the US Army, which is often called the most powerful on the planet. Gary Miliefsky is the CEO of cybersecurity company SnoopWall.
GARY MILIEFSKI, SnoopWall CEO: The United States is very … not ready for cyber war, but we are very well prepared for traditional war.
DAVID MARTIN: Last year Russia was accused of hacking into the secret networks of the State Department and the White House. Then again, access was obtained to information that was not intended to be made public, and the ability to disrupt the activities of the most powerful institutions in our country was demonstrated. Charlie.
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