Posted on 08/18/2015 6:38:06 AM PDT by Hojczyk
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary's email firm was run from a loft apartment with its servers in the BATHROOM, raising new questions over security of sensitive messages she held
Now Daily Mail Online reveals new questions over security of her emails when Platte River was involved in maintaining server
'Mom and pop' firm used converted residential apartment and had its own servers in a bathroom closet
Links between 'local' IT company and Clinton remain unclear but its VP of sales and marketing, who was sued for 'fraud' is said to be 'big Democrat'
Speaking to Daily Mail Online at her home in Castle Rock, Colorado, Tera said: 'I think it's really bizarre, I don't know how that relationship evolved.
'At the time I worked for them they wouldn't have been equipped to work for Hilary Clinton because I don't think they had the resources, they were based out of a loft, so [it was] not very high security, we didn't even have an alarm.
Baffled by how Clinton decided to hire Platte River, ex-employees suggested David DeCamillis, the company's vice-president of sales and marketing might have had a hand in courting her business.
Another theory put forward was that Colorado governor John Hickenlooper recommended them to her. The Democratic Convention was held in Denver in 2008.
Tera said: 'David DeCamillis was a big Democrat. He went to the Democrat Convention.
'He definitely helped Platte River grow, he had a strong sales background. And he brought a lot of clients on, that was his role as the VP of sales.'
Platte River co-founder Tom Welch revealed DeCamillis – who we revealed was sued for fraud when he worked for Lou Pearlman, the disgraced music impresario who discovered Backstreet Boys and NSync – had hoped to put up Joe Biden, now the vice-president, 2008 convention.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Bathroom doors have locks. Locks are the very definition of security.
You got it,its not just Benghazi either,its Egypt,Jordan,Syria as well Huma and Jarrett are in this deep,would like to see theirs as well
Go on late night and crack a few jokes in her cackling screeching voice.
This women’s voice really is like nails on a chalkboard.
Anymore its hard not to believe this rouge server was set up for anything other than to be a giant leak to our enemies.
I really want to know who the “classified” documents were e-mailed to (i.e., were they .gov addresses or .com or .cn???).
This was not an “ooopsie”; this was all done with motive; what was that motive?
Well, Nixon had his plumbers . . .
Plus, despite prior reports, it was not in the basement where it would have been more exposed to water damage. Hillary is always looking out for us.
I’m getting repeated pings from liberals about Condi and Powell both having a private server. Who has a good pushback on that?
As for when the server was in Clinton's house, if the Secret Service was co-located in the house, that speaks for good physical security, too.
Yes, physical security is important, but you have to look at the entire attack surface presented to the world. With not a lot of effort, one can reduce that surface to a very small footprint.
Part of the analysis of the attack surface would include which operating system was running on the server box, and the number of services the box exposes to the Internet. The more services, the more opportunity for successful penetrations. Not to mention updating the software regularly to close security holes.
If I was doing an investigation, I would concentrate more on network security at the two locations. Did they have a NAT (Network Address Translation) box acting as a cut-out to the mail server? (If you don't have direct access to a server, you have a hell of a time breaking into it.) How about intrusion detection and mitigation? Did the company sell co-located servers, which would allow an outsider access to the inside network? What network protection was provided at Clinton's house -- not too many people would have security appliances in a private residence. Do YOU have a Cisco ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance) stuck somewhere in your home?
I would suspect the FBI either knows this, or hires professional security consultants who do.
Something to consider: hard disks are VERY EASY to swap. What if, before presenting the server box, someone swapped the old hard drive with a freshly wiped $135 (Office Depot price) drive, and further did a fresh install of software? Hard to read out data that never resided on the hard drive, no matter how many layers of magnetic recording you delve into. And how would you tell the difference between that fresh drive that has been wiped, and a used drive that has been wiped?
Yes, I've done system and network administration at a Web hosting company. Not in a bathroom closet, but in a storefront. The server room was behind substantial walls and used biometric locks. And its own alarm system.
Did I mention that I have my own mail server in the kitchen? Unlike the Clinton server, it's Linux based, and it sits behind NAT (another Linux box, no services running, acting as my firewall for my home network) so that it's not openly accessible to attackers in the world.
Time to prepare some more popcorn as this farce plays out.
Agree, she is not dead, but her campaign is sinking fast.
BTW: You name is also my favorite Dylan song, from also hos best album (IMHO)
FOLLOW THE MONEY!!!! Platte MUST be DIRTY!!
How are the crooks at Platte “related” to Hillary?
I’m actually not a big Dylan fan, but it’s a perfect metaphor for where I live. (mostly) Thanks.
The emails have been wiped clean - these dem electronic centers know what they're doing... they intercepted Newt's phone conversations years ago. The FBI won't find anything...
Why haven’t they made Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts into a movie yet?
Interesting how a British tabloid the Daily Mail can do a in depth story like this while the US media, although not ignoring the story entirely, are tip toeing around on the periphery.
I think Hillary’s won this one...
How convenient. To clear the server they just needed to call Mr. Rooter.
Doesn’t matter if it was in the BATHROOM or not. What matters is that Hill needs to go to jail.
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