Just about anyone can rent access to White House IP addresses
Summary
Security researchers discovered residential proxy activity originating from the White House network. This setup potentially allows external users to rent access to presidential IP addresses for minimal cost.
Someone at the White House appears to be running software that could enable outsiders to rent access on the presidential network for just "a few dollars," as reported by Krebs on Security and The Register. That's according to findings from the security firms Layer3 Intel and Synthient, which discovered residential proxy activity on the White House network. A residential proxy…
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