Part of Pentagon email network taken down over suspicious activity

Reuters ^ | 7/28/15

[markomalley]

An unclassified email network used by Army General Martin Dempsey and other members of the U.S. military's Joint Staff has been taken off line because of suspicious activity, a Pentagon spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

Army Lieutenant Colonel Valerie Henderson said the unclassified email network for all users on the Joint Staff was taken offline by the Defense Department because of suspicious activity noted over the weekend and is "currently down."

[markomalley]

Obviously somebody decided to respond to the link in the "Hello, my name Elena. I read about you in your profile. You are very interesting to me. I want to get aquatinted with you. Write me, I shall wait" email.

[SgtHooper]

“An unclassified email network used by Army General Martin Dempsey and other members of the U.S. military’s Joint Staff...”

Does this trigger the STUPID flag in anyone else here? Incredible.

[WENDLE]

Let’s face it ( and by no means to I address the patriots in our beloved military) — We have a military leadership of weak faggot loving politically correct effeminate losers. If we don’t purge these weaklings very soon , we are doomed . By “doomed” ,I mean , wae are going to DIE!!

[ClearCase_guy]

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Much like where I work. When an e-mail virus is launched into the corporate servers, it’s ALWAYS the really smart PhD’s and VP’s that couldn’t resist opening an attachment.

[rockinqsranch]

IIRC Dempsey is as Obama’s “depends”. Seems to me if my IIRC is correct this exposure of another illegal (if I understand it correctly) email network might just be intended to give Hillary an out “everybody does it.”

It would be typical of the left to create such an illusion to fool the fools.

[BlueNgold]

No.
Most email is unclassified.

When the system works... they identify a problem and secure the system we shouldn’t be upset.

[SgtHooper]

It should be at least confidential within the realm of the system. But, I suppose you are right. Patch only after a problem is detected.

[BlueNgold]

My point is we get probed all the time. Once in a while something may bend. Protocol is to shut it down.

We don’t use even confidential unless there is a reason. Over classification bogs down the secure systems. Unlike one unnamed secty of state, most of us know when to use which...

[Justa]

Confidential does not/cannot exist on unclassified networks.

[McGruff]

She seemed like a nice girl.

[SgtHooper]

That is my point—it should be a classified network. I have worked with such systems for many years in my prior employ, and understand the annoyances when dealing with classified information. But in this day and age, and at that level, there should be a minimum classification for all communications.