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Internal problems take down Defense IG website

By FCW Staff
Feb 08, 2012

Internal problems caused a multiday outage of the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General website, website displayed only emergency contact information and the message: "DOD IG website is temporarily unavailable due to scheduled maintenance."

Cyber Command is investigating the incident, according to NextGov.

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