Downloading file-sharing programs typically used to exchange music has some potential problems…
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Example: When downloading file-sharing programs… like LimeWire, Bearshare, Kazaa and Morpheus… you are effectively allowing others around the world to access your hard drive and potentially EVERYTHING on it…
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Is it worth it???
AubreyJ……….
Latest case in point…
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WPXI.com brings us this report…
…A Cranberry company that monitors peer-to-peer file-sharing networks discovered what it said is a potentially serious security breach involving President Barack Obama’s helicopter… Tiversa employees found engineering and communications information about Marine One at an IP address in Tehran, Iran… Bob Boback, CEO of Tiversa, said, “We found a file containing entire blueprints and avionics package for Marine One, which is the president's helicopter.”… The company was able to trace the file back to its original source… “What appears to be a defense contractor in Bethesda, MD had a file sharing program on one of their systems that also contained highly sensitive blueprints for Marine One,” Boback said… Tiversa also found sensitive financial information about the cost of the helicopter on that same computer… Boback said someone from the company most likely downloaded a file-sharing program, typically used to exchange music, not realizing the potential problems…
Read the rest at link below…
Possible Threat to Obama's Security Discovered - Sensitive Information about President’s Helicopter Found in Iran
> More from WPXI.com on this topic HERE
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