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Senators Grill Pompeo on Vulnerable Cybersecurity at State Department (axios.com)
A bipartisan cadre of senators sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday calling out the department's poor adoption of multi-factor authentication. From a report: Multi-factor authentication requires users to take an additional protective step when logging into an account -- often a physical key or a biometric scan. Beyond being a good practice for federal agencies, multi-factor authentication is also the law for all high-level government accounts. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Rand Paul (R-Kent.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H) pointed to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that found only 11% of required agency devices had enhanced security.
In biting tones, Booker said "look, it's go 100% two-factor, or put the servers in your bathroom, Mr. Secretary!"
I recommend the new Spartacus firewall. It blocks everything except pompous middle-school quality theatricality.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
Seems like every time I see the Senate doing something rational regarding tech, the internet, net neutrality, etc., Ron Wyden is involved or leading the charge. I appreciate his track record on this kind of thing. I think he should be honored as a defacto Slashdotter.
Hillary's server may have been compromised
Donald Trump has been compromised