Overly broad permissions can turn one compromised account into a much larger security problem. Learn how to reduce unnecessary access, review privileges, and apply least privilege across modern Linux systems. Review Linux Privileges

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 488
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 488

Nghia Hoang Pho: 66 Months for Retaining NSA Hacking Tools Legally

Calendar Oct 03, 2018 • User Avatar Brittany Day
1 min read
General Esm H446
Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

data security hacking tools NSA legal consequences classified information
Taking work-related documents home to study might get you a promotion and pay raise at some jobs, but not when your employer is the National Security Agency (NSA) – and most certainly not when those materials are classified. Former NSA employee Nghia Hoang Pho, 68 – a naturalized US citizen who was originally from Vietnam but who’d been living in Ellicott City, Maryland – was sentenced last week to 66 months in prison plus three years of supervised release for willful retention of classified national defense information.

The link for this article located at Naked Security/Sophos is no longer available.