Two weeks ago, the hacker known as the Deceptive Duo broke into the Web server of one of the U.S. Navy's databases, publishing materials never meant to see the light of day. Last Friday, a Navy server database housing e-mail addresses and phone numbers of top Navy and White house brass was breached using the same vulnerability and posted on a Web site. . . .. Two weeks ago, the hacker known as the Deceptive Duo broke into the Web server of one of the U.S. Navy's databases, publishing materials never meant to see the light of day. Last Friday, a Navy server database housing e-mail addresses and phone numbers of top Navy and White house brass was breached using the same vulnerability and posted on a Web site. A roster containing the classified and unclassified e-mail addresses -- as well as contact phone numbers of Navy admirals, vice admirals and even the attending physician to Congress were published on one of the defaced pages of a Navy supporting Web site. The link for this article located at Internet News is no longer available. . Cunning Pair infiltrates Air Force network, revealing confidential messages and contact details of senior leaders in a critical security lapse.. Navy Data Breach, Sensitive Information Leak, Hacking Incident. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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