Posted on 06/25/2016 8:26:58 AM PDT by MaxistheBest
A 2010 decision temporarily disabling State Department security features to accommodate Hillary Clinton’s private server effectively laid out a "welcome mat" for hackers and foreign intelligence services, a leading IT official who oversaw computer security at the Defense Intelligence Agency told Fox News.
"You're putting not just the Clinton server at risk but the entire Department of State emails at risk," said Bob Gourley, former chief technology officer (CTO) for the DIA. "When you turn off your defensive mechanisms and you're connected to the Internet, you're almost laying out the welcome mat for anyone to intrude and attack and steal your secrets."
He was referring to revelations from new court-released documents in a lawsuit by conservative watchdog Judicial Watch. They show the State Department temporarily turned off security features in 2010 so that emails from then-Secretary of State Clinton's personal server would stop going to the department's spam folders.
Gourley, who has more than two decades of cybersecurity experience and is now a partner with strategic consulting and engineering firm Cognitio, noted the Russians did breach the State Department system at some point – though it’s unclear when, and whether disabling the security functions in 2010 played a role.
He said, though, that when the Russian presence was detected in 2014, there were indications “they had been there for quite a while … [and] also hacked into unclassified systems in the White House.” He said the Russians would have tried “everything possible to get in.”
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October surprise
Maybe
Ya think?
....guess my asking earlier in the week “ wonder how much she was paid “ to remove security from her own computer wasn’t that far off
The Clintons and obama I bet gave the Russians and anyone else their own admin account for a price.
I believe Hillary and gang...even Billy boy may have finally stepped in deep doo doo.
Too much here. It's not just mishandling sensitive info, it is perjury, conspiracy, obstruction, destruction of evidence, mishandling state secrets, influence peddling, money laundering just to name a few.
I just cannot see how she will get out from under this.
Sure am glad that this IT professional waited a full 6 years before saying anything about this.
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