A prominent US Government travel website used by federal agencies has been hacked. The site which is operated by defence contractor Northrop Grumman Corp, was breached and changes made so that unsuspecting users would be redirected to a rogue URL where malicious software was thrust upon their systems.
GovTrip is used by several U.S. government agencies, including the EPA and the departments of Energy, Health and Human Services, the Interior, Transportation, and the Treasury, to make travel reservations, as well as to reimburse workers for travel expenses.
You would have to ask why federal agencies would need to expose a travel website to the WWW when they have their own intranets.
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Source: www.computerworld.com
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