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campaign:operation_eligible_receiver
Also: Eligible Receiver
No-notice NSA training exercise involving reconnaissance and simulated attacks against U.S. government and military networks.
No-notice NSA training exercise involving reconnaissance and simulated attacks against U.S. government and military networks.
“the NSA launched Operation Eligible Receiver”
“there was a no-notice exercise”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | OPERATED_BY | National Security Agency | Explicit | 83 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | DDoS attack | Explicit | 83 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Open-source intelligence | Explicit | 83 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | MILNET | Explicit | 83 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | SIPRNet | Explicit | 83 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | NIPRNet | Explicit | 83 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Jeff Man | Uncertain | 83 |
Operation Eligible Receiver OPERATED_BY National Security Agency
Jack says the NSA launched Operation Eligible Receiver as a no-notice training attack against US government and military networks.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 83 Details
“in 1997, the NSA launched Operation Eligible Receiver.”
Operation Eligible Receiver INVOLVES DDoS attack
The exercise involved actively conducting DDoS attacks.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 83 Details
“They were actively conducting DDoS attacks”
Operation Eligible Receiver INVOLVES Open-source intelligence
The exercise used open-source intelligence to identify ways to infiltrate military bases and networks.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 83 Details
“using open-source intelligence to figure out ways to infiltrate different military bases and networks”
Operation Eligible Receiver INVOLVES MILNET
Captain1 says the exercise required reconnaissance of MILNET.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Captain1 EP 83 Details
“we were required to do reconnaissance of both the MILNET and the SIPRNet”
Operation Eligible Receiver INVOLVES SIPRNet
Captain1 says the exercise required reconnaissance of SIPRNet.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Captain1 EP 83 Details
“we were required to do reconnaissance of both the MILNET and the SIPRNet”
Operation Eligible Receiver INVOLVES NIPRNet
Captain2 identifies NIPRNet as one of the military network domains examined during reconnaissance.
Explicit Confidence 95% · Captain2 EP 83 Details
“better known as [01:20:00] MILNET or NIPRNet”
Operation Eligible Receiver ASSOCIATED_WITH Jeff Man
Jeff says he was involved in Eligible Receiver without knowing it at the time, because a visitor to The Pit was gathering information for the exercise.
Uncertain Confidence 90% · Jeff Man EP 83 Details
“Yeah, so yes, I was involved. I didn’t know it at the time.”