Sunday, March 01, 2009

Blueprints of Marine One Found At Iranian IP Address

Well, you can pretty much assume that the terrorists have them by now. 

Sensitive information about Marine One was reportedly found by Tiversa employees at an IP address in Tehran.

Tiversa CEO Bob Boback said a defense contractor in Bethesda, Md., had a file sharing program on one of their systems that contained highly sensitive blueprints for Marine One and financial information about the cost of the helicopter.

“We found a file containing entire blueprints and avionics package for Marine One,” Boback said.

(6) Comments
Posted by Owen at 0946 hrs
Foreign Affairs + Military + Politics + Politics - General + Technology

  1. What I am wondering, and it is not very clear in the article, is if these are the blueprints for the current Marine One or the Marine One currently in development.

    The one currently under development has become quite a political football with many questioning the need to spend billions on a new helicopter in our financial “crisis”.  Obama has waffled and avoided answering questions whether he would kill the project or not.

    Wondering if this is another leak so they can justify spending the money on a new helicopter.  The timing is a bit suspect.

    Posted by Rich2 on March 01, 2009 at 1057 hrs


  2. What I am wondering, and it is not very clear in the article, is if these are the blueprints for the current Marine One or the Marine One currently in development.

    .... and if the current Marine One, it is the SH-3 or the the UH-60.  They probably mean the former.

    I’m not sure the information does terrorists a lot of good.  If they’re going to attack with SA missiles, they already know what kind of performance to expect from an SH-3 - the bird has been in service since 1960.  They could probably guess what kind of avionics and counter-measures she carries.

    Posted by Brian Dunbar on March 01, 2009 at 1132 hrs


  3. I am sure you could go to the local library and get the same information, which is probably where Iran got it.

    Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 01, 2009 at 1300 hrs


  4. you could go to the local library and get the same information

    You must have one hell of a library!

    Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 01, 2009 at 1344 hrs


  5. All of the articles make it sound like it’s the current Marine One, not the one in development. It was a senior employee that had Limewire installed on his work computer. It’s amazing that he was that stupid, but the tracking company said this happens far more than is reported and he listed off a few countries that they’ve tracked getting sensitive information from us.

    Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 02, 2009 at 0707 hrs


  6. John - might want to check your facts before you make your posts. Marine One is not a standard helicopter.

    Most large companies have this stuff figured out already - you’d think the government could figure out how to not let unauthorized programs on computers with sensitive information.

    Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 02, 2009 at 1029 hrs


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