The Pentagon is investigating a “critical breach” of communications at 17 Air Force facilities USA, according to international press reports. The US Department of Defense investigation comes amid a tip from a contractor, who said a 48-year-old engineer at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee had taken home various government radio technologiesas first reported by Forbes.
It is about for radio communication technology used by the US Air Force (AETC), and affects 17 facilities of the United States Department of Defense, according to the New York Times. THE engineer allegedly running a wireless programming software. According to the warrant, the software “contained the entire communications system of Arnold Air Force Base (AAFB).” A colleague had reported him twice due to “indications of an insider threat” as well as unauthorized possession of Air Force equipment, according to investigators.
Possibly in fact, the 48-year-old also had access to FBI communicationsas well as in Tennessee state agencies, Forbes reported.
The case comes three months after one of the worst US intelligence leaks in more than a decade. In that case, 21-year-old Jack Teixeira, a member of the Air National Guard at the time, was arrested on suspicion of leaking hundreds of documents of the Pentagon.
Source: News Beast
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