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Russian Hackers Pilfered Data from NSA Contractor's Home Computer: Report
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Kelly Jackson Higgins
Kelly Jackson Higgins,
 User Rank: Strategist
10/6/2017 | 2:54:19 PM
Re: Whose fault?
And don't forget John Kelly's pwnd phone: https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities---threats/john-kellys-personal-phone-compromised/d/d-id/1330068?

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REISEN1955
REISEN1955,
 User Rank: Ninja
10/6/2017 | 2:46:59 PM
Re: Whose fault?
You are quite right on email - and there are thousands MORE stories like it - plus ancient mainframe systems being unable to do GLOBAL email, only inernal email.  Reminds me of the old IBM PROFS system - internal email only used by IBM ONLY and nobody who used it had resume value OUTSIDE of IBM. 

And the most recent story about a hacker getting into White House email as Jared Kushner tool

AND the legendary, scare the hell out of you story about China hacking the NUCLEAR FOOTBALL once!!!
Kelly Jackson Higgins
Kelly Jackson Higgins,
 User Rank: Strategist
10/6/2017 | 2:36:50 PM
Re: Whose fault?
We just posted an updated report that it was actually an NSA employee, not a contractor. Either way, it's not okay that the nation's spy agency can't keep its classified data safe. Also, if you're going to go back to the email server story, you should also include the recent news about the Kushner & Ivanka Trump personal email accounts being used for White House business, and then being moved to the Trump organization's server. More examples of lax security for sensitive government operations.

Anyway, here's the latest on the NSA:

Russian Hackers Targeted NSA Employee's Home Computer

https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/russian-hackers-targeted-nsa-employees-home-computer-/d/d-id/1330071?
REISEN1955
REISEN1955,
 User Rank: Ninja
10/6/2017 | 1:59:03 PM
Whose fault?
Contractor --- using a "home" computer without, probable, good security protocols for NSA based high secret work.  What is wrong here?  WHOEVER put the contractor IN there is at fault for not stressing YOU DO NOT DO GOVERMNENT WORK AT HOME!!!  Again, almost Hillary's famous server.  Without at least high end firewalls and such --- well, no wonder it was hacked and HAVING NSA DATA  ON IT is a serious, legal breach indeed.  Do not blame Kapersky on this one. 
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