Spy Games: How Booz Allen Hamilton Exposed Pentagon Access Keys

A data breach involving US National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has revealed highly sensitive US military information. The data was hosted on an unsecured Amazon Web Services “S3” bucket. After an email from analyst Chris Vickery warned of the breach, the agency secured the file repository within nine minutes. Top-secret intelligence information was accessible to anyone looking in the right place, with no password protection.