Ransomware takedown of DTS went unnoticed for years

Approved expense reports would have raised more suspicions.

By W.E. Linde

WASHINGTON — A newly-released report from the Pentagon has found that the Defense Travel System, the automated travel scheduling and payment system used by military personnel for over 15 years, was taken down approximately 5 years ago by a ransomware attack from foreign cybercriminal hackers. As of the release of the report, hardly anyone h…