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Joe Biden on alert as US State Department targeted in cyber attack - 'serious breach'
UK Express ^ | August 21, 2021 | Rachel Russell

Posted on 08/21/2021 1:33:55 PM PDT by Mr.Unique

THE US has been targeted by a cyber attack in a "possible serious breach", according to sources.

Fox News' White House Correspondent Jacquie Heinrich tweeted: "The State Department has been hit by a cyber attack, and notifications of a possible serious breach were made by the Department of Defense Cyber Command.

"It is unclear when the breach was discovered, but it is believed to have happened a couple weeks ago.

"A source familiar tells Fox the State Department’s ongoing mission to evacuate Americans and allied refugees in Afghanistan “have not been affected”.

"The extent of the breach, investigation into the suspected entity behind it, efforts taken to mitigate it, and any ongoing risk to operations remains unclear.

"A DoS spox tells me: “The Department takes seriously its responsibility to safeguard its information and continuously takes steps to ensure information is protected.

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: acoupleofweeksago; cyberattack; hacked; hacking; manup; passiveargessive; postyourcomplaint; securitybreach; statedepartment; statedept; statedepthacked
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41 posted on 08/21/2021 2:29:56 PM PDT by Rio
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To: Mr.Unique

All those CIA guys using the State Dept as cover are screwed, as are all the foreign employees and contractors the spooks use and are paid through the State Dept.


42 posted on 08/21/2021 2:30:36 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: Mr.Unique

Maybe this is true, but it is also the kind of story where all the information will come from this administration. They totally control a story like this.


43 posted on 08/21/2021 2:40:39 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Mr.Unique

Seriously fake news.
My home gets 200 infiltration attempts a day and I don’t even have a public website.
Every home in America with an internet connection gets the same thing.
98% of Americans have no idea this is going on every day.


44 posted on 08/21/2021 2:44:17 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Mr.Unique

Or more likely the State Dept. destroying documents.


45 posted on 08/21/2021 2:46:19 PM PDT by wardamneagle (c)
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To: nascarnation

>Hey they’re enjoying the embassy staff’s PornHub account.

They’re going to be disappointed when they can’t find bacha bazi


46 posted on 08/21/2021 2:53:26 PM PDT by struggle
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To: Rio

Yep he is on alert now. Good stuff. Hope it works. Lol


47 posted on 08/21/2021 3:07:19 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them...God wins. Trump always wins. . )
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"A source familiar tells Fox the State Department’s ongoing mission to evacuate Americans and allied refugees in Afghanistan “have not been affected”.

That's too bad. Someone was probably trying to contact Joetato to help him out with that. Maybe a Norwegian teenager.

48 posted on 08/21/2021 3:17:52 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
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To: Mr.Unique

>> Best link I could find so far...

My cynical side read that as “the best news of the day” lol


49 posted on 08/21/2021 3:28:28 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Joe 6-pack
Was Hunter in charge of cyber security?

Hunter was in charge of selling access to the highest bidder.
50 posted on 08/21/2021 3:32:14 PM PDT by SlipperySlope99
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To: cdcdawg

“Joe Biden on alert”

What would that even look like? Is it even possible?

The look of statsfaction like when Joe first poops on his own!


51 posted on 08/21/2021 4:34:33 PM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less)
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Yes, this is breaking news.


52 posted on 08/21/2021 6:31:13 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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"A DoS spox tells me:"


It's DDoS...
53 posted on 08/21/2021 8:04:21 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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Joe Biden on alert...”

I don’t care who you are, that right there is funny!


54 posted on 08/21/2021 8:17:44 PM PDT by PTBAA
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To: Bikkuri

? department of state.


55 posted on 08/21/2021 8:51:39 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: Mr.Unique
DOS = Disc Operating System
DDoS = Distributed Denial Of Service
56 posted on 08/21/2021 9:14:11 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: Mr.Unique
"Dept. of State"


Hmm, you may have me there. I was looking at the computer aspect of it...
57 posted on 08/21/2021 9:17:12 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: Bikkuri

Thanks Sherlock.


58 posted on 08/21/2021 10:56:26 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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