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The thread centers on a report that the Pentagon suffered a major cyber breach in March, with 24,000 files reportedly stolen and attributed to a foreign government, and discusses the motivation behind a new DoD strategy focused on stronger network defenses, greater public–private collaboration, and measures to curb “malicious insiders.” The key question implied by the post is what exactly was taken and by whom, though the disclosure offered few technical details and did not name the responsible nation. Overall sentiment in the discussion is concerned and serious, treating the incident as evidence that existing defenses were insufficient.

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The Pentagon on Thursday revealed that in the spring it suffered one of its largest losses ever of sensitive data in a cyber attack by a foreign government. It's a dramatic example of why the military is pursuing a new strategy emphasizing deeper defenses of its computer networks, collaboration with private industry and new steps to stop "malicious insiders." William Lynn, the deputy secretary of defense, said in a speech outlining the strategy that 24,000 files containing Pentagon data were stolen from a defense industry computer network in a single intrusion in March. He offered no details about what was taken but said the Pentagon believes the attacker was a foreign government. He didn't say which nation.

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