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Navy Sends Cyber Team To Investigate Network Vulnerability Factor In USS McCain Collision

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, September 14th, 2017

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Navy Sends Cyber Team To Investigate Network Vulnerability Factor In USS McCain Collision

Director of Naval Intelligence Vice Admiral Jan Tighe. Photo: U.S. Navy.

The Navy is deploying a cyber analysis team to investigate the potential role of network vulnerabilities on one of its two destroyers involved in deadly collisions during a three-month span this year, according to Director of Naval Intelligence Vice Admiral Jan Tighe.The Navy has sent a team comprised of its Tenth Fleet Cyber Command and technical experts from Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) to analyze possible anomalous activity in its networks prior to…

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