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Comment by CobaltFire

As someone who spent over 20 years active duty, and spent a ton of my career in the IT, security, etc. side of the house:

Unlikely to be a hack, more likely to be a misconfiguration or update sent incorrectly.

That said, the timing of the disclosure and the issue are rather concerning.

Regarding the highest value targets to hit with an attack like this, you would want to target Guam, Hawai'i, and other isolated overseas locations where this would have ripple effects in the local economy. Guam specifically would cause catastrophic supply shortages, since DeCA probably supplies around 50% of the groceries on that island (that's a WAG based on my time there).

parent CobaltFire 2 months ago

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