White Hack. The hack is so serious it led to a national security council meeting at the white house on saturday said one of the people familiar with the matter. A white hat hacker is a computer security specialist who breaks into protected systems and networks to test and asses their security.
Joint chiefs of staff and the white house networks during. The term white hat in internet slang refers to an ethical computer hacker or a computer security expert who specializes in penetration testing and in other testing methodologies that ensures the security of an organization s information systems ethical hacking is a term meant to imply a broader category than just penetration testing. Contrasted with black hat a malicious hacker the name.
As of now there s been no public condemnation from the white house of this significant hack naturally leading to questions about trump s latest weakness toward his benefactors in moscow.
Agency that is tasked with crafting internet and telecommunications policy reuters reported. The hack involves the ntia s office software microsoft s office 365. The breaches of agencies including the treasury and commerce departments believed to be the work of russia prompted. We focus on penetration testing vulnerability assessment and corporate.