https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/29/porn-sites-blamed-after-government-network-infected-malware/
By Zack Whittaker
TechCrunch
Oct 29, 2018
A U.S. government network was infected with malware thanks to one
employee's "extensive history" of watching porn on his work computer,
investigators have found.
The audit, carried out by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s inspector
general, found that a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) network at the EROS
Center, a satellite imaging facility in South Dakota, was infected after
an unnamed employee visited thousands of porn pages that contained
malware, which downloaded to his laptop and "exploited the USGS' network."
Investigators found that many of the porn images were "subsequently saved
to an unauthorized USB device and personal Android cell phone," which was
connected to the employee's government-issued computer.
Investigators found that his Android cell phone "was also infected with
malware."
The findings were made public in a report earlier this month but buried on
the U.S. government's oversight website and went largely unreported.
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