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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5043/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Pentagon Gives Company Control of Massive Unused Internet Space' data-article-id='5574'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12729'>The U.S. Department of Defense has given a private company control over a massive part of its unused internet space.</span> <span data-start-time='12729' data-end-time='31729'>The Florida-based company, identified in news reports as Global Resource Systems, now controls more than 175 million IP addresses belonging to the military. </span> <span data-start-time='31729' data-end-time='40438'>An IP address is a number given to each computer when it is connected to the internet.</span> <span data-start-time='40438' data-end-time='49833'>The addresses have long been owned by the Defense Department, but were not being used by the agency.</span> <span data-start-time='49833' data-end-time='64938'>Experts in the computer networking industry had been wondering about the change, which happened the day President Joe Biden was sworn into office in January. </span> <span data-start-time='64938' data-end-time='71771'>Military officials made no official announcement about the move.</span> <span data-start-time='71771' data-end-time='84667'>The huge number of IP addresses involved has been estimated to be about 1/25th the size of the current internet. </span> <span data-start-time='84667' data-end-time='93958'>It is also thought to be more than twice the size of the internet space actually used by the Pentagon.</span> <span data-start-time='93958' data-end-time='96563'>“It is massive. </span> <span data-start-time='96563' data-end-time='106396'>That is the biggest thing in the history of the internet,” expert Doug Madory told The Associated Press. </span> <span data-start-time='106396' data-end-time='117667'>He is the director of internet analysis at Kentik, a company that designs and operates computer networks.</span> <span data-start-time='117667' data-end-time='132438'>The Defense Department confirmed the change in a statement by Brett Goldstein, chief of the Pentagon’s Defense Digital Service, which is running the project.</span> <span data-start-time='132438' data-end-time='145854'>The military hopes to “assess, evaluate and prevent” the “unauthorized use” of agency IP address space, the statement said.</span> <span data-start-time='145854' data-end-time='163563'>It added that the “pilot project” also aims to identify possible “vulnerabilities” that could lead to internet attacks by international groups attempting to break into U.S. networks.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5043/A.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17290 data-hint-location='132438' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5043/what_does_the_word_unauthorized_mean.wav'>What does the word unauthorized 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5043/what_is_an_ip_address.wav'>What is an IP address?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='A number given to each computer when it is connected to the internet'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5043/a_number_given_to_each_computer_when_it_is_connected_to_the_internet.wav'><span>A number given to each computer when it is connected to the internet</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5043/a_number_designed_by_bill_gates_to_track_windows_operating_systems.wav'><span>A number designed by Bill Gates to track Windows operating systems</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5043/a_type_of_illegal_download.wav'><span>A type of illegal download</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5043/the_same_thing_as_your_street_address.wav'><span>The same thing as your street address</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=17292 data-hint-location='71771' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5043/the_huge_number_of_ip_addresses_involved_has_been_estimated_to_be_about_125th_the_size_of_the_current__blank_.wav'>The huge number of IP addresses involved has been estimated to be about 1/25th the size of the current <span class='blank'>internet</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='internet'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5043/internet.wav'><span>internet</span></div><div class='choice' 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