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Department of War Doesn’t Defend its Web Streams From Hackers
The Pentagon publicly posts the stream keys to its Facebook, YouTube, and X channels, exposing livestreams to account takeovers.
The newly renamed Department of War has publicly posted the stream keys of its Facebook, X, and YouTube channels for years, potentially allowing hackers to hijack its official social media accounts and broadcast whatever they want. The Department of War, however, routinely posts stream keys on its Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) website, a portal hosting military videos and photos for media usage. More recently, the stream keys for the department’s X, YouTube, and Facebook accounts were posted in the hours leading up to a livestream of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth giving burgers to the the National Guard in Washington, D.C. in August.
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