Well, this doesn’t sound like good news:
State Department and White House Networks Hacked at the Same Time http://t.co/GM4Q6VQTOi
— El_Grillo (@El_Grillo1) November 16, 2014
Yet another federal agency reports system getting hacked, this time shutting down the State Department's email – http://t.co/yoJnEQ531o
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 16, 2014
HACK ATTACK HITS STATE DEPT…http://t.co/i6sJqhWPKc
— Chuck Plum (@ChuckUmeboshi) November 16, 2014
More from the AP story linked above:
The State Department has taken the unprecedented step of shutting down its entire unclassified email system as technicians repair possible damage from a suspected hacker attack.
A senior department official said Sunday that “activity of concern” was detected in the system around the same time as a previously reported incident that targeted the White House computer network. That incident was made public in late October, but there was no indication then that the State Department had been affected. Since then, a number of agencies, including the U.S. Postal Service and the National Weather Service, have reported attacks.
So, which government agency hasn’t been hacked seems like a better question.
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Oh, and how soon until these tweets come true:
When @TGowdySC and @DarrellIssa ask for emails from the WH & State Department in 2015 they will be told "we were hacked & those deleted"
— Oligarch Kabuki (@HouseCracka) November 16, 2014
Weird. White House and State Department "get hacked" so those emails will not be there in 2015 when GOP investigations kick in.
— Oligarch Kabuki (@HouseCracka) November 16, 2014
Or maybe the hackers were just trying to help?
“@FoxNews: State Department shuts down emails after hacker attack http://t.co/c0dWg73dJ7”. Maybe they were retuning the missing IRS emails?
— Rick Koenig (@rickkoney) November 16, 2014
And the hardest hit:
https://twitter.com/RickMoore/status/534086054165639168
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