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Hackers Leak DHS Staff Directory, Claim FBI Is Next (csoonline.com)
itwbennett writes: On Sunday, the name, title, email address, and phone number of more than 9,000 DHS employees, with titles ranging from engineers, to security specialists, program analysts, InfoSec and IT, all the way up to director level was posted on Twitter. 'The account went on to claim that an additional data dump focused on 20,000 FBI employees was next,' writes CSO's Steve Ragan. The hacker told Motherboard that the data was obtained by "compromising the email account of a DoJ employee, although he would not elaborate on how that account was accessed in the first place."
Where is the link to the list?
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But remember your personal data is safe... (apart from history showing the complete opposite) We didn't just consolidate all the personal data into one easily stealable.. I mean navigable database using lowest bidder software, I am sure no-one could profit from peoples personal information we haven't so no-one else can.
pfft, data security laws and regulations are just so unnecessary and backdoors into encryption and digital security can only be used by the "good guys" never fear! apart from when we want you to!
I don't know which is worse, that outfits like the DHS and FBI have such lousy cyber security that this can happen or that someone thinks that publishing this stuff is helping their cause.
We will keep them super ultra extra mega secure... promise.
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For years since the Snowden disclosures we have repeatedly heard from the government If you don't want to be tracked, turn off your phone".. And you have no expectation of privacy when using tools designed to protect your privacy.
So let's see here. "If you want privacy, don't work for civil-rights violating organizations". "You have no expectation of privacy if you work for the NSA, DHS, or are a congressman/woman who has voted to strip away our civil rights".
I won't shed half a tear if the shoe shifts to the other foot once in a while.
Great, I've been waiting forever for Mulder's email address. I want to ask him if he knows where his towel is.
If American citizens can;t have privacy, then neither can the government.
...they're too busy running child pornography websites.
Homeland Security seems to be anything but secure itself. Don't they have a huge budget for things like...security?
Anti-Israel hackers.
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It is not like these lists are ultra top secret. When I worked for a government agency that shall remain nameless, I had access to everyone's email address, name, phone number and work location address. We treated that information with respect for privacy just as we did more sensitive information like SS #, home address, date of birth. Email addresses certainly was not top secret.
Good point! Also probably some Buddhists and Christians. This is bad news.
Sounds like someone just took a look at the outlook address book.
Heh, maybe Hillary will point out that HER server wasn't breached, but other government servers have been.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
Nothing to hide, nothing to fear, amirite?
As far as she knows.... it wasn't breached.
She paid a private organization to secure her server. And everybody knows that private industry is better at everything than government. I think this just goes to show that the government should privatize email! Why are they criticizing Hillary for adopting one of their sacred policies?
name, title, email address, and phone number of more than 9,000 DHS employees,
All of which are available to any DHS employee with email access, since that data is in the Outlook directory.
From what I've seen of these sorts of things, Hillary's private server was indeed probably more (or rather, less horribly in-) secure. And of course the problems with SMTP email go way beyond who's server you're using.
This!
It's good that they're starting by exposing terrorist organizations and whatnot, but what happens when they decide to start attacking innocents?
Its only real function was to be secure from third-party subpoenas. Hillary wasn't afraid of Russians getting her emails; it is well known that Russians were all over the state.gov unclassified email system. Russians generally know how to keep stuff secret, and they have so many ways of spying on people that securing your email probably isn't sufficient to keep them out anyway. As for the classified system, well, who knows. When you look at some of the people she got this data from, you wonder whether anyone at all is using the classified system. She was worried primarily about Republicans getting access to the emails, not Russians. The server was wiped prior to being given to the FBI, and Clinton was able to independently select which emails to turn over to investigators. So, taking into account her threat model, the private server was a success.
Obviously they beat someone and tortured them for an email account password..... /I am sure the victim has 30 hostile witnesses that it never happened, who were in on it.
Probably just a political maneuvering power grab by some other organization inside the US with no particular national loyalty... that's my 'speculation' it's stuff like this that makes people afraid... and fear can lead to foolish actions... *shrug*
Somehow I don't think that Twitter has raised their character limit that high yet.
I hope the FBI is hiding the entries for undercover agents.
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droopy, aye. her nasty teats hurt mine eyes!
despair.