The Director of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency reported to the Congress last week that missile defences deployed by the US Army are vulnerable to cyber attacks.
According to Security Affairs, the director has confirmed that a cyber attack could disrupt the sophisticated networks of sensors and guidance systems use in missile defences to target enemy missiles.
In 2008, attackers successfully breached the U.S. Central Command in Afghanistan with an infected flash drive as an attack vector, in that circumstance The Pentagon has not disclosed information on the nature and the volume of the stolen data.
