HPE gave Russia access to Pentagon security software

HPE has come under fire over claims that it gave Russian defense forces access to review software it sold to the Pentagon to supposedly protect the agency's networks. According to regulatory records seen by Reuters, HPE gave Russian defense agencies access to its ArcSight software as part of a bid to gain the certification needed to sell its software to the Russian public sector. The site quoted several former US military sources and former ArcSight employees as saying that this view into the internal workings of the software's source code, could help Russia detect potential weak spots in Pentagon cyber-defenses that could be… [Continue Reading]