U.S. Navy Investigating Possibility of Cyberattack Behind Two Navy Destroyer Collisions

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U.S. Navy Investigating Possibility of Cyberattack Behind Two Navy Destroyer Collisions

By CircleID Reporter
September 15, 2017, 7:53 pm PDT Views: 6,812 Add Comment

Deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare, Vice Adm. Jan Tigh, says the military is investigating the possibility of compromised computer systems behind two U.S. Navy destroyer collisions with merchant vessels that occurred in recent months. Elias Groll reporting in Foreign Policy: “Naval investigators are scrambling to determine the causes of the mishaps, including whether hackers infiltrated the computer systems of the USS John S. McCain ahead of the collision on Aug. 21, Tighe said during an appearance at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington… he Navy has no indication that a cyberattack was behind either of the incidents, but it is dispatching investigators to the McCain to put those questions to rest, she said.”

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