Posted on 10/29/2014 6:10:49 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
The White House's unclassified computer network was recently breached by intruders, a US official said Tuesday, with The Washington Post newspaper reporting that the Russian government was thought to be behind the act.
"In the course of assessing recent threats, we identified activity of concern on the unclassified EOP network," said the White House official, speaking on condition of not being named.
"Any such activity is something we take very seriously. In this case, we took immediate measures to evaluate and mitigate the activity."
The Washington Post quoted sources as saying hackers believed to be working for the Russian government were believed to be responsible.
The hackers entered the US presidential mansion's unclassified computer network in recent weeks, the Post quotes the sources as saying.
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Can't blame Bush, blame Putin. This should be good.
Blackberry.
This administration is a blueprint for incompetence.
It’s almost like the President and his people took an oath to f&^% up as much and as often as humanly possible.
The pressing need for vast amounts of files to unavoidably vanish and the crashing hard disk excuse becoming a little threadbare necessitated this ‘security breach’.
I have to agree. Even if I were a fan of the President, from a non-interested perspective, this looks pretty bad. Especially after the various breaches of the lawn by the Secret Service.
You never hear about this stuff at the Kremlin, or at 10 Downing.
the people who don’t understand their own security are responsible for OUR security...?
A pencil with an eraser is the best "wood" in Obama's bag.
He goes golfing to pass messages.
And besides....if it's okay for us to hack Angela Merkel's private phone, it's okay for anyone to hack the presidents junk.
Tell Barry to try hitting the reset button
It is not hacking when ObOzO gave Putin the password.
Merkel: “I told you to get the goods on him.”
Spy: “We took everything on his computer.”
Merkel: “There’s nothing here but NCAA basketball brackets.”
Looking for the golf score cheatsheets and vaycay schedule no doubt
I wish they would post a birth certificate.
Putin was heard complaining that after combing through months of data from several Cabinet members, none of it made any sense, and he was unable to discern any policy direction.
Good. Enemy of my enemy... The WH is a way bigger threat to American liberty than Russia is or ever was.
Checking out the Tranny Porn on Moochies PC.
This administration is a blueprint for incompetence.
According to the Powerline blog the White Hut was tipped off by another country. The espionage would still be going on if not for that.
Just more proof here that lazy annd incompetent buffoons are running the country right now.
Another squirrel?
The same that ‘lazy and incompetent buffoons’ who have the gall to snoop on other governments and on US.
It’s funny-they have the savvy for THAT, but can’t keep their OWN data secure!
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