Posted: 2:10 am EDT
AP Exclusive: Under Clinton, years of poor network security at State Department predated hack linked to Russia: http://t.co/8HD6ntLnQ1
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 19, 2015
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Via the AP:
Clinton approved significant increases in the State Department’ information technology budgets while she was secretary, but senior State Department officials say she did not spend much time on the department’s cyber vulnerabilities. Her emails show she was aware of State’s technological shortcomings, but was focused more on diplomacy.
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Emails released by the State Department from her private server show Clinton and her top aides viewed the department’s information technology systems as substandard and worked to avoid them.
The report does not include specific details on the “significant increases” in the IT budget. Where did it go? Why did the Clinton senior staff suffer through the State Department’s antiquated technology without any fixes?
In contrast, here is Colin Powell’s Wired Diplomatic Corps:
Another disturbing aspect of State Department life prior to 2001 was the poor condition of its information technology (IT). Independent commissions warned the organization’s computer networks were “perilously close to the point of system failure” and “the weakest in the U.S. government.” Inadequate … Read on!
