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Russia Hacks Pentagon Systems: REPORT

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Mark Melin
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Russian hackers successfully launched a “sophisticated cyberattack” against the Pentagon, NBC News is reporting.

The Pentagon's Joint Staff unclassified email system was taken off line for nearly two weeks starting around July 25, NBC is reporting, cutting unnamed U.S. officials. The “sophisticated cyber intrusion” took place sometime near July 25 and is reported to have impacted nearly 4,000 military and civilian personnel who work at the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Russia Hacks Pentagon Systems: REPORT

No classified information taken from 'Pentagon hack' by Russian hackers, as social media used in "cyberassault"

Officials say that classified information was not seized or compromised and that only unclassified accounts and emails were...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.