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House Nancy Pelosi. Concerns about the security of her office's computers, and those of other Congressional staff, now abound. Among the many shocking images from yesterday's Capitol Hill riot were were some that indicated that rioters had access to official computers. One photo, in a subsequently-deleted tweet from Elijah Schaffer, a reporter for Glenn Beck publication, indicated a computer in speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office was left unlocked, with email and other applications accessible.
The teams rebuilding Congress IT systems should consider everything in the breached offices compromised, according to cybersecurity experts and a former Congressional employee. From there, they can make assessments on what went missing, whether anything sensitive was stolen and then how to mitigate the possible impact.
“Certainly it is likely that hardware has gone missing from the Capitol complex when you have an uncontrolled entry,” said Daniel Schuman, policy director at activist organization Demand Progress. Schuman, who has given testimony in Congress on technology issues, said that whilst areas used to handle classified information would be more protected, “unauthorised access to any technology is dangerous, and we don't know who came along with the mob inside the building.
Concerns about foreign snoops using the mob as cover are likely to be unfounded, according to a former Congressional security staffer speaking on the condition of anonymity, given the sudden turn in events that led to the breach of physical security on the Hill, though it wasn’t outside the realm of possibility. They added that if someone wanted to gain access to data on Congressional staff systems, they could do it without having to join a riot, thanks to the gaps in security.
Contain, eradicate and recover and most importantly put actions to prevent in the future from the lessons learned. (* NIST SP 800-61)
Yea sounds about right
I don't think they have computers in trailers.
Reps and senator don’t use passwords?
All businesses I ever worked were tighter with the locking of computers. This is just amateurish.
I think you're giving them way too much credit. Look at them.....
Let's hope we finally get some truth out of this
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Seems like they should be locked and password protected. DefundCongress tooBig2Succeed TooBig2NotAbuse
Consider the entire network compromised
He won't be so comfortable in prison.
When is this guy going to be arrested?
You’re assuming these people know how to use a computer
Looking forward to this asshole going to jail
This guy should face the law ASAP
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