You forgot
Posted on 03/13/2017 7:27:18 PM PDT by Whenifhow
Congressional IT staffers who are the subject of a criminal investigation into misusing their positions had full access to members’ “correspondence, emails, confidential files,” and there was almost no tracking of what they did, a former House technology worker said.
Imran Awan bullied central IT to bend the rules for him so there wouldn’t be a paper trail about the unusually high permissions he was requesting. And their actions were not logged, so members have no way of knowing what information they may have taken, the central IT employee said.
[ ]
“They had access to EVERYTHING. Correspondence, emails, confidential files – if it was stored on the Member system, they had access to it,” the former House Information Resources (HIR) technology worker with first-hand knowledge of Imran’s privileges told Daily Caller.
[ ]
“There were some things – like access to the House email system that were totally controlled by the technicians at HIR. In order for certain permissions to be granted, a form was required to ensure that there was a paper trail for the requested changes. Imran was constantly complaining that he had to go through this process and trying to get people to process his access requests without the proper forms. Some of the permissions he wanted would give him total access to the Members’ stuff.”
“IT staff at HIR can be tracked for every keystroke they make,” the worker said. But by comparison, “when these guys were granted access to the Member’s computer systems there is no oversight or tracking of what they may be doing on the Member’s system. For example they could make a copy of anything on the Member’s computer system to a thumb drive or have it sent to a private server they had set up and no one would know.”
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Really, did the AWAN clan skip the country?
I missed that news report.
Yep, they got outta Dodge.
I’m looking for the report; I think it was on the Weekly Dose thread here @ FR.
Murdered by Joe Biden ???
Gee! What could go wrong when the ITs, who did this could be Jihadists?
The central IT staffer said any suggestion that the brothers’ access didn’t span the full gamut of congressional intrigue was silly because they were the ones giving out permissions.
“When a new Member begins, they guide them on everything from which computer system to purchase to which constituent management system to go with and all other related hardware purchases. Then they install everything and set up all the accounts AND grant all the required permissions and restrictions,” the staffer said.
“In effect, they are given administrative control of the Members’ computer operations. They then set up a remote access so they can connect from wherever they are and have full access to everything on the Member’s system.”
The question of the year re the Awan bros, the guys who are responsible for ITgate.
Besides the terrible human cost of the loss of these warriors, there is a very high $ cost:
How much does a Navy SEAL cost in terms of equipment and training ...
https://www.quora.com/How-much-does-a-Navy-SEAL-cost-in-terms-of-equipment-and...
May 11, 2016 - It is estimated to cost $350,000 to $500,000 to train a single Navy SEAL. To keep a single Navy SEAL operational and deploy able overseas it costs some where around 1,000,000 per year. Training SOF soldiers is highly worth every penny but only so many can be trained per year.
Besides the terrible human cost of the loss of these warriors, there is a very high $ cost:
How much does a Navy SEAL cost in terms of equipment and training ...
https://www.quora.com/How-much-does-a-Navy-SEAL-cost-in-terms-of-equipment-and...
May 11, 2016 - It is estimated to cost $350,000 to $500,000 to train a single Navy SEAL. To keep a single Navy SEAL operational and deploy able overseas it costs some where around $1,000,000 per year. Training SOF soldiers is highly worth every penny but only so many can be trained per year.
REALITY CHECK --- When a constituent contacts their Rep w/ a problem, the member needs to have their Social Security number as their ID in order to navigate US govt agencies.
The Awans struck a goldmine---selling these numbers to refugees.
==================================
HIT BACK HARD---Constituents who had their privacy invaded have a good case against the irresponsible Democrat members.
You forgot
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.