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Case 03

Chicago Transit System Terrorist Threat Assessment
Leaked on P2P File-Sharing Networks


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Fast Facts
(as reported by the press)

Document is roadmap to specific CTA vulnerabilities

1 of 35 city transit assessments completed by Booz Allen Hamilton

Several others also disclosed on P2P networks

Breach exposed for years

Booz Allen Hamilton unable to determine disclosure source




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Our solutions would have
allowed affected parties to:


Identify who first disclosed the content to the P2P file-sharing networks

Record the number of times this content has been replicated across the P2P

Develop
a complete Forensic Case for the disclosure incident which could inform short-term remediation tactics for this specific content as well as long-term remediation strategies to prevent future disclosures

Measure
the ongoing effectiveness of short-term tactics and long-term strategies focused on P2P disclosure risk management

 
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Fox News Chicago Video
September 11, 2007
File Sharing Programs Expose CTA Security Plan to Potential Terrorists

Metra calls mass transit security assessments that were leaked to the web a serious security breach. They could even be a road map for a potential terrorist attack in Chicago. Fox investigative reporter Larry Yellen exposes the continuing danger of file sharing, something... | More

United Press International
September 12, 2007
Chicago transit vulnerabilities leaked

Documents showing the Chicago mass transit system's vulnerability to terrorist attack have been leaked on the Internet via a peer-to-peer file-sharing network. Thirty-five of the nation's bus and rail systems were studied to determine potential vulnerabilities to terrorist... | More

Computerworld
September 13, 2007
Confidential Chicago terrorist threat assessment leaked over P2P

Officials at consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. are looking into how a Fox News reporter acquired a confidential terrorist threat assessment on Chicago over a public file-sharing network. Larry Yellen, an investigative reporter with
WFLD Fox News in Chicago...
| More

PC World
September 15, 2007
Terrorist Threat Risk Leaked on P2P Net

How did a confidential terrorist threat assessment of Chicago end up on Limewire? Officials at consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. are looking into how a Fox News reporter acquired a confidential terrorist threat assessment on Chicago over a public file-sharing... | More

 

   
     
     
 
 
     
 
 
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