Posted on 08/18/2021 7:57:43 PM PDT by bitt
U.S. Census Bureau computer servers uninvolved with the 2020 census were exploited last year during a cybersecurity attack, but hackers’ attempts to keep access to the system were unsuccessful, according to a watchdog report released Wednesday.
The attack took place in January 2020 on the bureau’s remote access servers.
According to the Office of Inspector General, the Census Bureau missed opportunities to limit its vulnerability to the attack and didn’t discover and report the attack in a timely manner. The statistical agency also failed to keep sufficient system logs, which hindered the investigation, and was using operating system no longer supported by the vendor, the watchdog report said.
The bureau’s firewalls stopped the attacker’s attempts to maintain access to the system through a backdoor, but unauthorized changes were still made, including the creation of user accounts, the report said.
In a written response, acting Census Bureau director Ron Jarmin reiterated that none of the systems used for the 2020 census were compromised, nor was the nation’s once-a-decade head count affected in any way.
“Furthermore, no systems or data maintained and managed by the Census Bureau on behalf of the public were compromised, manipulated or lost ...” Jarmin wrote.
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Yes, but it was still the most secure election in history.
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Sure. Nothing to see here.
“using an operating system no longer supported by the vender”
The census bureau had the money to send out mail to just about every US address and hire a lot of door to door census takers but didn’t spend money to use a computer system that was obsolete and no longer updated.
This census was a big deal as it is done only 10 years so why didn’t those well paid government bureaucrats have a decent computer system. Yes, it was done when Trump was president but the census bureau has been around for like a 100+ years. DO YOUR JOB!
Nothing was changed?
Riiiight.
Right, sure. Just watch, California and New York will GAIN House seats, and THAT's when we'll know Ron Jarmin is lying his @$$ off.
2020 Census Demographic Data Map Viewer
https://mtgis-portal.geo.census.gov/arcgis/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=2566121a73de463995ed2b2fd7ff6eb7
Count unaffected? This from The Big Guy? Pffftt!
Maybe the total number didn’t change but are a few more citizens now shown living in blue states and few less in red states?
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