{"id":12872,"date":"2018-10-30T08:31:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T12:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=12872"},"modified":"2018-10-30T08:31:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T12:31:14","slug":"porn-loving-us-official-spreads-malware-to-government-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2018\/10\/30\/porn-loving-us-official-spreads-malware-to-government-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Porn-loving US official spreads malware to government network"},"content":{"rendered":"

The porn habit of an employee at the US Geological Survey (USGS) led to a government network becoming infected with malware,\u00a0an official report<\/a>\u00a0has revealed.<\/p>\n

The employee, who has not been named, had “an extensive history of visiting adult pornography websites”.<\/p>\n

Investigators found malware on many of the 9,000 sites he or she accessed.<\/p>\n

The US Office of the Inspector General has recommended that the USGS blacklist “rogue” websites.<\/p>\n

“Our analysis confirmed that many of the pornographic images were subsequently saved to an unauthorised USB device and personal Android cell phone,” the report explained<\/p>\n

As well as government computers, the employee’s personal mobile was also found to be infected.<\/p>\n

USB risk<\/h2>\n

Reports of the case were\u00a0picked up by news site TechCrunch<\/a>, which confirmed that the Eros Center does not maintain any classified networks.<\/p>\n

The site also reported that the malware in question was designed to steal data from infected computers and was “associated” with\u00a0ransomware attacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

USGS employees are advised not to connect USB devices or mobile phones to government computers – though USB connections are not disabled.<\/p>\n

An IT policy that prevents USB use should be implemented, the US Department of the Interior suggested.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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