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In Newly Obtained Memo, Congress TOP COP Said House Dem Caucus Server Vanished
2018-07-03
[Daily Caller] A secret memo marked "URGENT" detailed how the House Democratic Caucus’s server went "missing" soon after it became evidence in a cybersecurity probe. The secret memo also said more than "40 House offices may have been victims of IT security violations."

In the memo, Congress’s top law enforcement official, Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving, along with Chief Administrative Officer Phil Kiko, wrote, "We have concluded that the employees [Democratic systems administrator Imran Awan and his family] are an ongoing and serious risk to the House of Representatives, possibly threatening the integrity of our information systems and thereby members’ capacity to serve constituents."

The memo, addressed to the Committee on House Administration (CHA) and dated Feb. 3, 2017, was recently reviewed and transcribed by The Daily Caller News Foundation. The letter bolsters TheDCNF’s previous reporting about the missing server and evidence of fraud on Capitol Hill.

It details how the caucus server, run by then-caucus Chairman Rep. Xavier Becerra, was secretly copied by authorities after the House Inspector General (IG) identified suspicious activity on it, but the Awans’ physical access was not blocked.
Posted by:Besoeker

#12  And Awan's have a plea deal for probation. Wonderful.
Posted by: Charles   2018-07-03 22:11  

#11  Nothing on this internet ever "vanished"
Just a hint.


I take it you've never sent spam to Emperor Cartagia?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2018-07-03 16:52  

#10  The server went missing and was replaced with a copy? That's convenient.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-07-03 11:00  

#9  Was it possible to access the DNC's email from this server?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-07-03 10:55  

#8  I have a feeling most "hacks" of data are just thefts of the backups, then copied then returned.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-07-03 07:27  

#7  I suspect that the Awans did some spying using customized hardware that would store information and be swapped regularly.

Easy enough to 'mirror' a server drive, strictly for redundancy purposes of course.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-07-03 06:36  

#6  appropriate steps to mitigate the damage.

I.e. replacing all Members of Congress, staffers, clerks, secretaries etc. since the data leak makes them all at least vulnerable to social engineering attacks and manipulation.

IOW mitigation is impossible.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2018-07-03 05:56  

#5  Any intelligence 'damage assessment' would make this assumption and take the appropriate steps to mitigate the damage.

No can do Besoeker - not while the peasants are revolting.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-07-03 03:38  

#4  Again, the assumption must be that Pakistani/Chinese intelligence has all the data that was stored on Congressional IT during the reign of the Awans over said IT.

Any intelligence 'damage assessment' would make this assumption and take the appropriate steps to mitigate the damage.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-07-03 03:02  

#3  Nothing on this internet ever "vanished"
Just a hint.

Also, nothing in Heaven has either.

It's like a giant scroll across the sky.
Posted by: newc   2018-07-03 01:55  

#2  Nn worries. Trump campaign manager Manafort has been imprisoned in solitary confinement.
Posted by: Thrasing Lover of the Geats6515   2018-07-03 01:34  

#1  but the Awans’ physical access was not blocked.

Physical access is total access.

Given the high value of the information obtainable from Congressional IT I suspect that the Awans did some spying using customized hardware that would store information and be swapped regularly. Think keylogging USB keyboarda, storage devices/NICs with customized firmware, perhaps even motherboards and processors.

This kind of spying would generate no suspicious network activity and would be invisible to software.

Again, the assumption must be that Pakistani/Chinese intelligence has all the data that was stored on Congressional IT during the reign of the Awans over said IT.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2018-07-03 00:51  

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