The Pentagon is investigating an Air Force engineer who is alleged to have obtained access to sensitive Air Force and FBI communications, according to a search warrant
A Tennessee-based engineer stole $90,000 worth of government radio technology, creating a “critical compromise” of communications systems impacting 17 Air Force facilities, according to a search warrant.according to the warrant which was obtained by ForbesThe government was tipped off by a contractor working with the Arnold Air Force Base in Tullahoma, Tenn., and recently raided the engineer’s home.
The Pentagon is probing what it called a “critical compromise” across 17 Air Force facilities, according to a search warrant obtained by Forbes.The potential AETC compromise, which is one of nine “major commands,” defined by the Pentagon as “interrelated and complementary” and provides support to Air Force headquarters, comes just three months after another breach of Pentagon security.Teixeira pleaded not guilty last month.
A Pentagon search warrant says that an engineer working at an Air Force base in Tennessee is allegedly behind security breaches in the Air Force and the FBI.The Pentagon said that some of the communications breaches may affect the headquarters of the US Air Force.
Authorities also said they found evidence that the engineer had access to FBI and Tennessee state agencies, although they did not elaborate on what information may have been compromised.
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