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State Dept. Hit By Cyber Attack; "Serious Breach"
« on: August 22, 2021, 07:04:04 AM »
Just when you thought SecState Blinken had reached penultimate incompetent status (ultimate status is reserved for Asterisk), there's this.

Kinda wondering if Hillary's email server had anything to do with the rating of "D" for "Dipshits" (see below).

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The United States Department of State was found to have been a victim of a cyber attack, and alerts surrounding a potential serious breach were made by the Department of Defense Cyber Command.

And while the administration says the breach likely occurred a couple of weeks ago, it is not yet known when it was discovered by officials, according to FOX News.

The State Department's efforts to evacuate U.S. citizens and allies from Afghanistan have not been impacted amid the Taliban's takeover of the region, an unnamed source told FOX.

The breach's extent, suspects, mitigation efforts and risk to further operations has not yet been disclosed.

"The Department takes seriously its responsibility to safeguard its information and continuously takes steps to ensure information is protected," a State Department spokesperson said in a statement to Townhall. "For security reasons, we are not in a position to discuss the nature or scope of any alleged cybersecurity incidents at this time."

Federal law requires governmental agencies to determine whether the cyberattack meets the criteria of a "major incident." The agencies must then inform Congress, within one week, if such criteria has been met.

Earlier this month, a report from the Senate Homeland Security committee gave the State Department a "D" rating for its overall information security due to its ineffectiveness in 4 out of the 5 function areas. This is the lowest possible rating of the federal government's maturity model.

This is a developing story.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/landonmion/2021/08/21/breaking-state-department-hit-by-cyber-attack-notified-of-serious-breach-n2594514
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Re: State Dept. Hit By Cyber Attack; "Serious Breach"
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2021, 08:18:56 AM »
According to the Bible, "know" means "yes."

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Re: State Dept. Hit By Cyber Attack; "Serious Breach"
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2021, 06:58:24 PM »
Hard to say how the SD let's it in.

My guess is the 'notifications' option.  Someone on a government-computer gets notified about something from a pedestrian-type site, because they never went to their personal-page to click-off 'allow notifications'.  The worm walks right in... 

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Re: State Dept. Hit By Cyber Attack; "Serious Breach"
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2021, 09:10:57 AM »
Yes.

Incompetence facilitates vulnerability.

I thought it was vice verse.
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Re: State Dept. Hit By Cyber Attack; "Serious Breach"
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2021, 10:35:19 AM »
I thought it was vice verse.

It's a self purpetuating feedback loop...
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Re: State Dept. Hit By Cyber Attack; "Serious Breach"
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2021, 11:30:28 AM »
I remember getting letters from the government explaining how all my personal information used in getting my security clearance was now in the hands of the Chinese and what the government was willing to do to remediate any negative impact I might encounter.

That too was during a Democrat administration.
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Re: State Dept. Hit By Cyber Attack; "Serious Breach"
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2021, 07:32:59 PM »
And now the taliban has ALL the records under their control, but our government is somehow trying to convince you they’re going to vet incoming Afghans.

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