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Kenneth F. Belva

Classified US Intel Accidently Leaked via Powerpoint

Kenneth F. Belva writes the column Perspectives of a Security Maverick
By Kenneth F. Belva posted in General • June 13, 2007 • 6:35am

This is why these powerpoint slides should be made into .pdfs or flash presentations! The leak occurred via the data object used to create one of the slide graphs. Here’s the original article:

By reverse engineering the numbers in an underlying data element embedded in the presentation, it seems that the total budget of the 16 US intelligence agencies in fiscal year 2005 was $60 billion, almost 25% higher than previously believed.

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