Catalin Cimpanu covers a hack of the DoD’s Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) satellite phone network in 2014 in British Hacker Used Home Internet Connection to Hack the DoD in 2014.
The details are amusing but the most important part of Cimpanu’s post is a reminder about OpSec:
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In a statement released yesterday, the NCA said it had a solid case against Caffrey because they traced back the attack to his house, and found the stolen data on his computer. Furthermore, officers found an online messaging account linked to the hack on Caffrey’s computer.
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Caffrey’s OpSec stumbles:
- Connection traced to his computer (No use of Tor or VPN)
- Data found on his hard drive (No use of encryption and/or storage elsewhere)
- Online account used in hack operated from his computer (Again, no use of Tor or VPN)
I’m sure the hack was a clever one but Caffrey’s OpSec was less so. Decidedly less so.