Posted on 12/10/2016 7:19:23 PM PST by bryan999
The Department of Homeland Security told members of congress Friday that a rogue federal employee may have been responsible for a November hack-attack that targeted the Georgia secretary of state’s system, LifeZette has learned.
On Friday afternoon DHS initiated a conference call with members of Georgia’s congressional delegation to discuss the cyber-attack, a Capitol Hill staffer with knowledge of the call told LifeZette.
DHS officials said on the call that there were two possible explanations for the hack, the source said. Either a malicious third-party mirrored the DHS IP address linked to the hack — or someone within the department executed the attempted infiltration without authorization. DHS is currently investigating both possibilities.
At the invitation of Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA), staff from the House Oversight Committee and Homeland Security Committee also participated on the call, another source with knowledge of the situation confirmed.
The emergency call with the Georgia delegation came in response to a strongly worded letter sent by Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Thursday, on which the entire Georgia delegation to Congress was copied.
“The private-sector security provider that monitors the agency’s firewall detected a large unblocked scan even on November 15 at 8:43 AM. The event was an IP address (216.81.81.80) attempting to scan certain aspects of the Georgia Secretary of State’s infrastructure. The attempt to breach our system was unsuccessful,” Kemp wrote.
“I’m am writing you to ask whether DHS was aware of this attempt and, if so, why DHS was attempting to breach our firewall.”
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Liars.
“Ah, that IRS thing...? Ah, sheesh, that’s just a ROGUE AGENT, out in Iowa, bro..! That’s NOTHIN’...!”
SOUND FAMILIAR..?
Who believes this coverup?
“TOOOOOTALLY a bureaucratic SNAFFU..! (Scooby banana-peel sound effect) We’re sooo embarrassed about that mix-up..! Whaddya gonna do, eh..?”
(shrugs shoulders dramatically)
“Liars.”
Fits the Occam’s Razor test.
But if not, then at the very least it’s the DHS stating, publicly, that the leadership has no control over the rank and file and the entire program should be put to the inquisition and then disbanded.
Jeh! Johnson: - “I read about it in the news just like everyone else and I’m mad as heck!”
Agree. My response is “rogue” my butt...
They got caught! Now what do they do?!
See #7...
He was bored watching porn all day, so on his own he went to work?
Trumps gonna need some serious, industrial grade pumps to drain that swamp.
I have a feeling Sessions is going to be one busy man.
Ha ha, I don’t believe this LIE for a second. Lying liars.
So the “Russian Hackers” manipulating the election were really Obama’s DHS agents working for Hillary?
They know exactly what happened. They will say that is the Russians.
May...
They know exactly the whos involved and they know all about this.
They are so lying.
...Exclusive: DHS Says Georgia Hack May Have Been Rogue Employee...
Barack Hussein Obama??
Sure, you bet!
As Tommy Flanagan would say “Yeah, yeah, that’s the ticket! A rogue agent did it. And then he ran off with my wife, Morgan Fairchild.”
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