Solar Sunrise: 25 years ago, the US military was hacked from Israhell

[yankeedoodle]

Washington, D.C., February 28, 2023 - In February 1998, 25 years ago this month, the United States suffered a series of cyber intrusions known as SOLAR SUNRISE that then-Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre called "the most organized and systematic [cyber] attack the Pentagon has seen to date." Coming rapidly on the heels of ELIGIBLE RECEIVER 1997 (ER97)[1], a multi-agency, no-notice exercise that raised more questions than answers about how the government would handle an assault on U.S. cyber infrastructure, SOLAR SUNRISE was no drill. Like the hypothetical scenario presented by ER97 less than a year prior, the SOLAR SUNRISE attacks included the breaching of Department of Defense (DOD) networks by presumed international actors with possible geopolitical motivations and the involvement of civilian and private sector entities and infrastructure. Both episodes also raised a persistent question: Who's in charge here?  [Who's in charge?  A jew named Tenebaum.]

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After three weeks of fevered investigation, investigators identified the perpetrators: two teenagers from Cloverdale, California, under the guidance of an older Israeli teenager, Ehud "The Analyzer" Tenebaum:

This is an archive release from the National Security Archive at George Washington University.  You can read the archival documents at the link below: 
SOLAR SUNRISE After 25 Years: Are We 25 Years Wiser?
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/cyber-vault/2023-02-28/solar-sunrise-after-25-years-are-we-25-years-wiser?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=2aff24a3-9c43-4ff0-b2e5-f0bc33ced3ee