Hackers Leak Documents From Pentagon IT Services Provider Leidos

According to Bloomberg, hackers have leaked internal documents stolen from Leidos Holdings, one of the largest IT services providers of the U.S. government. Reuters reports: The company recently became aware of the issue and believes the documents were taken during a previously reported breach of a Diligent Corp. system it used, the report said, adding that Leidos is investigating it. The Virginia-based company, which counts the U.S. Department of Defense as its primary customer, used the Diligent system to host information gathered in internal investigations, the report added, citing a filing from June 2023. A spokesperson for Diligent said the issue seems to be related to an incident from 2022, affecting its subsidiary Steele Compliance Solutions. The company notified impacted customers and had taken corrective action to contain the incident in November 2022.

Change the name

[Ferocitus]

from Diligent to DiligentMBA.

So, nobody is taking responsibility

[schwit1]

Leidos is blaming Dilligent whose blaming Steele. Sounds like typical government finger pointing and coverup.

How about blacklisting companies that screw up?

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[awwshit]

> How about blacklisting companies that screw up?

I'm sure the list of companies that meets whatever criteria the Pentagon has dreamed up is very small.

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[iAmWaySmarterThanYou]

The sub sub sub sub sub sub sub contractor says they fixed this issue 2 years ago.

"This is fine". --dog in burning house meme goes here--

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[Virtucon]

The sub sub sub sub sub sub sub contractor says they fixed this issue 2 years ago.

#this

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[quonset]

Leidos is blaming Dilligent whose blaming Steele. Sounds like typical government finger pointing and coverup.

This is all on private industry. Government is only the customer. These companies are the ones who screwed up and are trying to deflect blame.

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[echo123]

Leidos is blaming Dilligent whose blaming Steele. Sounds like typical government finger pointing and coverup.

This is all on private industry. Government is only the customer. These companies are the ones who screwed up and are trying to deflect blame.

But isn't 'taking responsibility' the reason the government contracted with private companies in the first place? (And to eject them when/if they screw up?)

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[newbie_fantod]

The Private companies may have told fibs about their capabilities.

Re: So, nobody is taking responsibility

[drinkypoo]

The customer is responsible for making an informed decision. When the customer is the government, they have no excuse for not having informed people to make those decisions. They chose to spend the money in specific ways and they absolutely are responsible for that.

Does it matter?

[belmolis]

Does this matter? The article doesn't say what the leaked documents contain and why anyone should care. Do they contain information that would compromise government services?

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[VeryFluffyBunny]

Yes, why did the hackers go to all the trouble the get the docs & leak them, at great risk to themselves? Is there something the public should know about? Do journalists do anything other than replicate statements from official sources these days? How about doing a little investigating? Otherwise, this is a non-story, i.e. meaningless.

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[Dusanyu]

or prehaps the information contained within that mearly hinting at it is a risk

Leidos got hacked? Ha ha!

[echo123]

Once I interviewed with Leidos for a Federal project. I traveled to the pre-pandemic interview using public transportation along with my skateboard, and I wore flat, soft sneakers suitable for the skateboard. Skaters need flat shoes to feel the board, not running shoes with inches of padding. They were stylish enough, (Vans Authentics [vans.com]) and it was a coder job.

Post-pandemic everything is still remote, including interviews.

The Leidos manager wrote to me in a rejection letter I didn't get the job because of the

Re:Leidos got hacked? Ha ha!

[Dusanyu]

Ironiclly I recived my current job becouse I was wereing cycleing shoes and holding a bike helmet. Granted it was a Mid January in Wisconsin and I took my bike to get to the interview becuse my car would not start. Apprently this made me stand out as it showed that I was willing to do anything to show up.

what was leaked?

[ole_timer]

...it would nice tp know what the data was - "...internal investigations..." ??