If the White House Network Can Be Hijacked by Proxies, Your Smart Home Is Already at Risk - CNET
As if the Trump administration needed any more bad news this week, cybersecurity researchers discovered several residential proxy services originating from the White House network, exposing a potential security flaw that could allow cybercriminals to route traffic through official government IP addresses.
The security firm Layer3 Intel detected residential proxy activity on AS2650, a network registered to the Executive Office of the President. Another security firm identified software from the proxy server Infatica, a company owned by a Russian entrepreneur who ran a server-rental company used by hackers in attacks on election systems in Arizona and Illinois in 2016.
While there’s no evidence that proxy access was used to carry out attacks on the White House, experts say it could open the door for hackers to exploit vulnerabilities or grant outsiders an unmonitored back door into high-security systems.
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