Sources: State Dept. hack the 'worst ever

[steve2470]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/10/politics/state-department-hack-worst-ever/

(CNN)Overlooked in the controversy over Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, is the fact that suspected Russian hackers have bedeviled State Department's email system for much of the past year and continue to pose problems for technicians trying to eradicate the intrusion.

Federal law enforcement, intelligence and congressional officials briefed on the investigation say the hack of the State email system is the "worst ever" cyberattack intrusion against a federal agency. The attackers who breached State are also believed to be behind hacks on the White House's email system, and against several other federal agencies, the officials say.

The issue is relevant because one criticism of the Clinton private email use is that it was likely less secure than emailing within the State Department's system. But the hack shows that State's system has major security issues. The State system, investigators believe, was compromised in the past year, likely after Clinton left the State Department.

Last November, the State Department shut down its email system over a weekend to try to improve security and block the intruders.

My question is, when are we going to get heart-attack serious about security for our government servers ? This is NOT a new issue.

[misterhighwasted]

1. Perhaps why the Clintons avoided the Govt servers and jsut got their own private one.

They know far more than any of us will ever know as to who's who, what's what and who has their back & who would stick a knife in it if given the opportunity.

Rove got pissed off because his hacker snoops couldn't access, via gov't servers, both Bill & Hillary's server info.
Sounds like a Rove hunt for blood as to the Clinton's. his favorite couple to hate.
Rove & the Right Wing:
same people, same reason, same method

[winstars]

2. I have been thinking this same thing! Weren't we just reading about State being hacked...

And later more stories about how they were CONTINUING TO GET HACKED weeks/months later.

There were many stories on this subject on the MSM.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. Too bad none of our Secretaries of State have ever actually gotten those servers secured.

In an alternate universe, that might be considered some sort of priority.

[Man from Pickens]

4. To answer your question

You'll know when we're serious about securing data when the NSA is stopped from its continuing mission to undermine every form of digital security known to mankind.

The bottom line reason why we don't have secure systems is that our own government guaranteed that system security would be impossible.

[Blue_Tires]

5. Russians? Hacking into our servers?

That can't be right...DUers have been telling me all this time that only the NSA hacks foreign governments...

[KMOD]

6. I don't believe it's the Russians.

I think it's Team Hillary. They probably accidentally handed over a few of her scandalous emails, and now they are hacking the system to delete them.

On a serious note. It should absolutely be a priority to upgrade the security of their systems.