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NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
Wed May 25, 2016, 01:10 PM May 2016

Flashback: Hillary Clinton's State Department among worst agencies in cybersecurity, audits find

The State Department was among the worst agencies in the federal government at protecting its computer networks while Hillary Rodham Clinton was secretary from 2009 to 2013, a situation that continued to deteriorate as John Kerry took office and Russian hackers breached the department's email system, according to independent audits and interviews.

The State Department's compliance with federal cybersecurity standards was below average when Clinton took over but grew worse in each year of her tenure, according to an annual report card compiled by the White House based on audits by agency watchdogs. Network security continued to slip after Kerry replaced Clinton in February 2013, and remains substandard, according to the State Department inspector general.

In each year from 2011 to 2014, the State Department's poor cybersecurity was identified by the inspector general as a "significant deficiency" that put the department's information at risk. The latest assessment is due to be published in a few weeks.

Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has been criticized for her use of a private email server for official business while she was secretary of state. Her private email address also was the recipient of malware linked to Russia, and her server was hit with malware from China, South Korea and Germany. The FBI is investigating whether her home server was breached.

State Department officials don't dispute the compliance shortcomings identified in years of internal audits, but argue that the audits paint a distorted picture of their cybersecurity, which they depict as solid and improving.

Two successive inspectors general haven't seen it that way. In December 2013, IG Steve Linick issued a "management alert" warning top State Department officials that their repeated failure to correct cybersecurity holes was putting the department's data at risk"

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/10/hillary_clintons_state_departm.html

I'd thought I would post this as I figure team Hillary will try and use the inadequacy the state Department's systems as an excuse for her actions. It should also be noted that Hillary had a sizable line item increase to her budget for cybersecurity that went unspent and directly lead to the future hack during Kerry's time as SoS.

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Flashback: Hillary Clinton's State Department among worst agencies in cybersecurity, audits find (Original Post) NWCorona May 2016 OP
Why waste money on security that could be spent on fake Twitter followers? arcane1 May 2016 #1
Wasn't there 6 billion or so unaccounted for or without documentation? Skwmom May 2016 #2
Something like that NWCorona May 2016 #5
Yea, why wast money on national security when you could employ all that astroturf pdsimdars May 2016 #8
We've seen this before... Jack Bone May 2016 #3
And it was their job to help her... scscholar May 2016 #4
. leeroysphitz May 2016 #6
awww shucks.... 840high May 2016 #7
 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
1. Why waste money on security that could be spent on fake Twitter followers?
Wed May 25, 2016, 01:14 PM
May 2016

That's why I trust Hillary to responsibly allocate taxpayer money

Jack Bone

(2,023 posts)
3. We've seen this before...
Wed May 25, 2016, 01:16 PM
May 2016

making your strength, your weakness.

Karl...where are you? Karl?

although...The MSM & Hillary are the only ones claiming her SOS stint as a strength.

 

scscholar

(2,902 posts)
4. And it was their job to help her...
Wed May 25, 2016, 01:18 PM
May 2016

and they didn't do their job. Arrest the incompetent IT people for this. They should have provided her a server instead of making her do things on her own in order to get things done.

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