Covered by 3 outlets — first reported by Infosecurity Magazine, Nov 5, 16:00 UTC
Residential Proxy Traffic Traced to White House Network
Summary
Threat intelligence firm Layer3 Intel says residential proxy services, which route traffic through ordinary internet addresses to hide its origin, have been exiting through the White House network. Layer3 Intel reports its proxy enumeration pipeline exited through AS2650, the network registered to the Executive Office of the President, 236 times between October 5 and November 3. Infosecurity Magazine and SecurityWeek report that 28 services used White House addresses as exits; SecurityWeek adds that they used six addresses, mainly between 5 p.m. and midnight Eastern Time, and Layer3 Intel says the setup may open a path into a closely guarded network.
AI summary by the SecurityTabs newsroom, checked against Infosecurity Magazine, Help Net Security, SecurityWeek. Read the outlets below for the full story.
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3 outlets, in the order they reported it.
Infosecurity MagazineFirst report
Residential Proxy Traffic Traced to White House Network
White House network addresses were used as exits by 28 residential proxy services
Help Net Security
Residential proxy traffic caught leaving the White House network
The White House network has been working as an exit point for residential proxy services, a setup that may open a path into one of the most closely guarded networks in the world, Layer3 Intel found.
SecurityWeek
Researchers Find Residential Proxies on White House Network
In a month, 28 residential proxy services used 6 addresses, mainly between 5 p.m. and midnight, Eastern Time.