Cybersecurity

Just about anyone can rent access to White House IP addresses

Security researchers discovered residential proxy activity on the White House's network, allowing outsiders to rent access to the presidential network for a few dollars. The activity was found by Layer3 Intel and Synthient, who discovered 28 residential proxy services routing traffic out of the network from October 5th to November 3rd. The traffic was typically routed between 5PM ET and midnight, suggesting a person on the network with a device infected with a proxy SDK, possibly linked to the Rave watch party app.

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