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LINK: Homeland Security Running Hundreds of Sensitive, Top Secret Databases Vulnerable to Attacks
Homeland Security Running Hundreds of Sensitive, Top Secret Databases Vulnerable to Attacks
"The Department of Homeland Security is running hundreds of sensitive and top secret databases without the proper authorization, leaving the agency unsure if it can “protect sensitive information” from cyber attacks.
An audit released publicly Thursday by the inspector general found multiple areas of weaknesses within the agency’s information security programs.
Specifically, the department is operating 136 “sensitive but unclassified,” “Secret,” and “Top Secret” systems with “expired authorities to operate.”
“As of June 2015, DHS had 17 systems classified as ‘Secret’ or ‘Top Secret’ operating without [authorities to operate] ATOs,” the inspector general said. “Without ATOs, DHS cannot ensure that its systems are properly secured to protect sensitive information stored and processed in them.”
Leading the agencies operating unsecured databases was the Coast Guard with 26, followed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency with 25, and Customs and Border Protection with 14."
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the Inspector General reported that it's review of the State department SEVERAL YEARS AGO resulted in the revelation that the State department's process and procedures for safeguarding classified information was lacking, leaving US secrets vulnerable to hacking. It gave the State Department a list of measures it needed to enact to eliminate the vulnerabilities. To date, the State department has not done anything recommended.
This article demonstrates that it is NOT JUST the DHS, that the un-motivated, non-diligent attitude is pervasive throughout the administration / government. Every time you turn around, it seems, the Pentagon, DHS, State Department, etc are being hacked and everything from government secrets to government / military personnel records and data are being compromised. The government is not even making it HARD for it to be done.
Until some of these clowns are BURNED - security clearances stripped, people fired, and agencies held accountable NOTHING WILL TRULY BE SAFE.
Why is Edward Snowden still in trouble? Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, the DHS, the Pentagon, etc...they have ALL given up MORE information in the last 2 years by failing to address our cyber vulnerabilities and allowing our secrets to be hacked by the Chinese / Russians / etc than Snowden has...yet none of them have had to flee the country due to the un-intentional treason they knowingly have participated in!
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John Kerry claims his computer has been hacked / John Kerry: 'Very likely' China, Russia read my emails
LINK: John Kerry: 'Very likely' China, Russia read my emails - CNNPolitics.com
Hillary Clinton Email Company Was Hacked ...
LINK: EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Email Company Was Hacked By Foreign Attackers - Breitbart
Second hack of federal records hit intelligence and military personnel
LINK: Second hack of federal records hit intelligence and military personnel
Hackers Likely Stole Security-Clearance Information
LINK: Hackers Likely Stole Security-Clearance Information During Breach of Government Agency
Feds lost 5.6 million Americans’ fingerprint files in cyber hack
LINK:Feds lost 5.6 million Americans' fingerprint files in cyber hack - Washington Times
....and on and on and on.......
Homeland Security Running Hundreds of Sensitive, Top Secret Databases Vulnerable to Attacks
"The Department of Homeland Security is running hundreds of sensitive and top secret databases without the proper authorization, leaving the agency unsure if it can “protect sensitive information” from cyber attacks.
An audit released publicly Thursday by the inspector general found multiple areas of weaknesses within the agency’s information security programs.
Specifically, the department is operating 136 “sensitive but unclassified,” “Secret,” and “Top Secret” systems with “expired authorities to operate.”
“As of June 2015, DHS had 17 systems classified as ‘Secret’ or ‘Top Secret’ operating without [authorities to operate] ATOs,” the inspector general said. “Without ATOs, DHS cannot ensure that its systems are properly secured to protect sensitive information stored and processed in them.”
Leading the agencies operating unsecured databases was the Coast Guard with 26, followed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency with 25, and Customs and Border Protection with 14."
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the Inspector General reported that it's review of the State department SEVERAL YEARS AGO resulted in the revelation that the State department's process and procedures for safeguarding classified information was lacking, leaving US secrets vulnerable to hacking. It gave the State Department a list of measures it needed to enact to eliminate the vulnerabilities. To date, the State department has not done anything recommended.
This article demonstrates that it is NOT JUST the DHS, that the un-motivated, non-diligent attitude is pervasive throughout the administration / government. Every time you turn around, it seems, the Pentagon, DHS, State Department, etc are being hacked and everything from government secrets to government / military personnel records and data are being compromised. The government is not even making it HARD for it to be done.
Until some of these clowns are BURNED - security clearances stripped, people fired, and agencies held accountable NOTHING WILL TRULY BE SAFE.
Why is Edward Snowden still in trouble? Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, the DHS, the Pentagon, etc...they have ALL given up MORE information in the last 2 years by failing to address our cyber vulnerabilities and allowing our secrets to be hacked by the Chinese / Russians / etc than Snowden has...yet none of them have had to flee the country due to the un-intentional treason they knowingly have participated in!
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John Kerry claims his computer has been hacked / John Kerry: 'Very likely' China, Russia read my emails
LINK: John Kerry: 'Very likely' China, Russia read my emails - CNNPolitics.com
Hillary Clinton Email Company Was Hacked ...
LINK: EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Email Company Was Hacked By Foreign Attackers - Breitbart
Second hack of federal records hit intelligence and military personnel
LINK: Second hack of federal records hit intelligence and military personnel
Hackers Likely Stole Security-Clearance Information
LINK: Hackers Likely Stole Security-Clearance Information During Breach of Government Agency
Feds lost 5.6 million Americans’ fingerprint files in cyber hack
LINK:Feds lost 5.6 million Americans' fingerprint files in cyber hack - Washington Times
....and on and on and on.......
