http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/...ccess.html
To summarize the article, Capital Police are investigating congressional IT contractors for a security breach (hacking), improper handling of sensitive material, theft, etc.
Five specific individuals are involved. These persons provide IT services and are shared by 40 Democrat congressmen.
They made "unauthorized access" to the House computer system which puts sensitive info at risk. They placed House info on an external cloud server in direct violation of House rules.
I've been searching for more recent info as I just heard about this about an hour ago on Fox News Channel. It seems that few are talking about it.
In the story I heard earlier today, it seemed the investigation had narrowed to three employees. All brothers, all had middle eastern names. This alone isn't the issue.
The three brothers are 20, 21, and 22 years of age. They're all making $165K/year. Needless to say, most of the IT guys I know in this area are like "WTF?"
If someone works the system and profits, I can't hold it against them. But I have to wonder who is asleep at the switch? Who was the genius who gave these kids this much access and money? Somehow I doubt it had much to do with their skills and experience, and more to do with Democrat virtue signalling. I hope at least one of the media outlets runs with this story.
To summarize the article, Capital Police are investigating congressional IT contractors for a security breach (hacking), improper handling of sensitive material, theft, etc.
Five specific individuals are involved. These persons provide IT services and are shared by 40 Democrat congressmen.
They made "unauthorized access" to the House computer system which puts sensitive info at risk. They placed House info on an external cloud server in direct violation of House rules.
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Fox News is told the contract employees, shared by about 40 House Democratic members, removed hundreds of thousands of dollars of equipment from offices, including computers and servers. There also were bookkeeping and inventory irregularities where the employees would purchase equipment at one price, bill the congressional office for another and potentially pocket the difference.
I've been searching for more recent info as I just heard about this about an hour ago on Fox News Channel. It seems that few are talking about it.
In the story I heard earlier today, it seemed the investigation had narrowed to three employees. All brothers, all had middle eastern names. This alone isn't the issue.
The three brothers are 20, 21, and 22 years of age. They're all making $165K/year. Needless to say, most of the IT guys I know in this area are like "WTF?"
If someone works the system and profits, I can't hold it against them. But I have to wonder who is asleep at the switch? Who was the genius who gave these kids this much access and money? Somehow I doubt it had much to do with their skills and experience, and more to do with Democrat virtue signalling. I hope at least one of the media outlets runs with this story.