Air Force Instruction Interruption of the computer system classified by Drone Key Base
The flaw, discovered by BuzzFeed News, preceded by a series of high-level overseas disasters in September. US officials will not say if there is a connection. "The investigation into the case is ongoing."
WASHINGTON - The Air Force is studying break the classified computer network Creech Air Force Base, a key hub of buzz around the world and targeted killing operations, BuzzFeed News has learned. The network, which fell in early September, it was not completely rebuilt, according to the procurement of US procurement records.
Military officials said the critical failure is due to internal technical problems, a cyber-attack or something. "The investigation into the case is underway," Major said. Malinda Singleton, a spokesman for the Air Force, refusing to comment further.
The computer network that crashed in Creech is called SIPRNet, a parallel version, classified internet that can transmit information to the secret level, targets, electronic intercepts and video. Their lack of impact on "essential services", according to federal contract files to fbo.gov.
Creech, Nevada, is considered the heart of the "targeted killing" of the US program. From there, the Air Force pilots to operate the "remotely piloted aircraft" armed - drones - satellite links on Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and elsewhere, and fire missiles on the numbers of Al Qaeda and suspected ISIS. Predators and Reapers, known MQ1 MQ9 of e are also used for monitoring and collecting information.
A few weeks after the accident in the network Creech, a series of air strikes that went terribly wrong. These incidents, which resulted in dozens of deaths in Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia, are still under analysis and research. But "if there is a problem in an ISPR network, would not disrupt flight operations" Predator and Reaper drones, said the spokesman for the Air Force Singleton.
On September 17, just a week after the crash of the computer, 62 Syrian soldiers stationed in a base, were accidentally killed by US air strikes in the middle of a cease-fire. The case is under investigation, an official of CENTCOM told BuzzFeed News. There was no official explanation for the snafu while targeting the United States expressed regret shortly after the incident.
In Afghanistan, 15 civilians were killed in an open attack by the United States on 28 September, according to the United Nations. A Pentagon official said the incident is under review.
In addition, on 28 September, in Somalia, 22 Somali soldiers were killed in US air strikes. Somali authorities say that none of them was al-Qaeda and it was a case of "disorientation". This incident, said a separate Pentagon responsible BuzzFeed News, is also being revised.
BuzzFeed News has learned from the accident network from a hiring notice published by the US government published in early October, which says: "On September 9, 2016, the system currently in operation SIPRNet at Creech AFB failed and essential services were affected. services have been somewhat restored with the use of several less powerful devices, "according to the notice, and" there are no other backup system. "
The same day, the SIPRNet system crashed, the Air Force quietly announced that Creech also be subjected to a surprise inspection cybersecurity October. Among other things, he warned people to beware of phishing attacks and extra care in securing their login information.
A separate system called Internet addresses JWICS with top secret information - military officials would not say whether JWICS in Creech operations were also affected.
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