Marketplace Tech Report for December 13, 2010

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How to stop the next Wikileaks

by Molly Wood

Dec 13, 2010

One Lady Gaga CD. That, apparently, is what this whole Wikileaks mess can be traced back to. Private First Class Bradley Manning says he was able to copy all those zillions of sensitive documents onto a CD innocently marked "Lady Gaga" and simply walk out the door. Now the military is taking the step of banning the use of CDs, DVDs, and thumb drives on their SIPRNET computers.

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Marketplace Tech Report for December 13, 2010

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