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After decades of not using them, the Pentagon has given control of millions of IP addresses to a previously unknown company in an effort to identify possible cyber vulnerabilities and threats

Posted by cfabbro
Tags: security.cyber, usa, global resource systems, pentagon, department of defense, defense digital service, cyberattacks, author.craig timberg, author.paul sonne, source.the washington post, paywall.hard
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/24/pentagon-internet-address-mystery/

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Title
Minutes before Trump left office, millions of the Pentagon's dormant IP addresses sprang to life
Published
Apr 24 2021
Word count
1115 words