Air Force Engineer Allegedly Breached DoD Comms, Stole $90K in Radio Tech
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According to a search warrant, an Air Force engineer who has a long history in cybersecurity and radio communications is suspected of a significant breach of Defense Department communications after a base contractor tipped off the Pentagon that the 48-year-old engineer had taken government radio technologies home, effectively stealing them for his own use.
The alleged amount of stolen equipment was worth nearly $90,000. The warrant states that when law enforcement raided his home, they found he had “unauthorized administrator access” to radio communications tech used by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC), “affecting 17 DoD installations.”
The AETC is one of nine “major commands,” defined by the Pentagon as “interrelated and complementary, providing offensive, de…
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