Local Company Finds Security Breach Involving President’s Helicopter

A Cranberry internet security company has discovered a serious security breach involving President Barack Obama’s helicopter.

Tiversa, a high tech security company that monitors file sharing networks discovered the military information had been transferred to an IP address in Iran.

The information included planned engineering upgrades, avionic schematics and computer network information.

Experts said someone with this information could potentially intercept and disrupt communication with the presidential helicopter.

Tiversa believes the files originated with a Department of Defense contractor and were most likely transferred through a peer-to-peer file sharing network like LimeWire or Bear Share.

Tiversa was founded in 2004 by Robert Boback and Sam Hopkins, both Pittsburgh natives.

Boback is a Norwin High School graduate and got his college degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

Co-founder Hopkins is a Peabody High graduate and started Nauticom and went on to work for Fiore Systems and the Marconi company.

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