AWS S3 Misconfiguration Exposes Pentagon Surveillance

[Lucian Armasu]

UpGuard, an Australian IT company, revealed that the Pentagon has allowed its surveillance operation data gathering to be exposed to the public in an apparent configuration error for its AWS S3 buckets.

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[husker]

Um... hi. uh... I agree with whatever it is the pentagon is, um, doing.

 

[derekullo]

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Report by Agent Code Name: Alex Trebak

9:00 - President Trump wakes up and checks his twitter.
9:01 - Sends former President Barack Obama a fake invite to his Golf Club.
9:02 - President Trump gets dressed choosing black pants and a black dress shirt.
9:02 - First Lady Melania Trump makes a Johnny Cash reference causing President Trump to reconsider his fashion choice. President Trump decides on normal business attire.
9:04 - Former President Barack Obama arrives at White House Gates. Waits 20 minutes and leaves.
9:10 - President Trump arrives at newly renovated Trump Golf Club
9:14 - First stroke of the morning lands 187 feet short of the green
9:14 - Professional leaf blowers dressed in camouflage delicately maneuver the golf ball into the hole
9:15 - President Trump appears ecstatic for his 10th hole-in-one this week.
9:15 - Agent Alex Trebak performs golf clap and smiles enthusiastically.
9:15 - President Trump tweets his 10th hole-in-one this week. Tweet liked by Vladimir Putin.

 

[orrd]

Ok, so, isn't tracking exactly this kind of information what we're paying the them to do?

When someone is found to be involved in some kind of plot against the US, the first thing they do is analyze everything that is known about their activities and connections, including on the internet.

I know there's a lot of paranoia surrounding anything the government does to track information, but sometimes it's good if they're at least doing the basic things they need to do to at least try to monitor for information that can be used to track down real threats to public safety.