In July, a hacker invaded the email accounts of the Virginia Military Department and the Virginia Defense Force, told a representative from the Virginia National Guard. The attack "impacted" the e-mail reports of the Virginia Department of Military Assistance as well as the Virginia Department of Defense, but still, no proof of violations has been identified. Joint investigation with the State and Federal cyber security and law enforcement officials have made all these revelations. The Virginia National Guard's Chief of Public Affairs, A. A. Puryear, stated that the organization was alerted in July of potential cyber threats to the Virginia Defense Force and started investigating instantly in synchronization with state and federal cyber security officials and law enforcement to ascertain what all was affected by the severe cyber-attack. The National Guard of Virginia comprises the Virginia Army National Guard and the Virginia Air National Guard. It's a component of the Virginia government, the federal state has largely financed the Virginia National Guard throughout the United States. The National Guard is the only military organization authorized by the United States to operate as a state. The Virginia Defense Force is the Virginia National Guard's all-voluntary reserve and "serves as a force multiplier" in all domestic activities of the National Guard. "The investigation determined the threat impacted VDF and Virginia Department of Military Affairs email accounts maintained by a contracted third party, and there are no indications either VDF or DMA internal IT infrastructure or data servers were breached or had data taken," Puryear said. "There are no impacts on the Virginia Army National Guard or Virginia Air National Guard IT infrastructure. The investigation is ongoing with contin ..
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