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2014-11-17 Government

State Dept Computers Hacked, Email Shut Down

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Posted by Fred 2014-11-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 Anything that is 'shut down' in Foggy Bottom should be seen as a positive.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-11-17 00:47|| 2014-11-17 00:47|| Front Page Top

#2 They have been kinda quiet last week.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-11-17 02:39|| 2014-11-17 02:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Just a precaution to keep them from losing anymore emails.

Posted by Skidmark 2014-11-17 05:01|| 2014-11-17 05:01|| Front Page Top

#4 They must be expecting a subpoena.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-11-17 07:58|| 2014-11-17 07:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Waiting for the IRS to do the same thing in January.

Posted by Pappy 2014-11-17 10:10|| 2014-11-17 10:10|| Front Page Top

#6 The Double Super Secret email system which is undisclosed and not subject to Congressional subpoena ("we know nothing") apparently is up and running.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-11-17 11:10|| 2014-11-17 11:10|| Front Page Top

#7 "Double Super Secret email system" = Hotmail?

Posted by Mullah Richard 2014-11-17 11:51|| 2014-11-17 11:51|| Front Page Top

#8 A sufficiently paranoid person might suspect this "suspected hacker attack" was an inside job rather than the work of the Rooskies or Chicoms.

Posted by SteveS 2014-11-17 12:14|| 2014-11-17 12:14|| Front Page Top

#9 "Double Super Secret email system" = Hotmail?

Yahoo. It's the number one choice of senior Federal employees, execs and political appointees.

Posted by Pappy 2014-11-17 12:55|| 2014-11-17 12:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Yahoo. It's the number one choice of senior Federal employees, execs and political appointees.

Jeez. Expect lots of 'phishing' scams and email hijacks, then.

A mail system that truly 'eats' your content.

I guess I should expect nothing less.....

Posted by Mullah Richard 2014-11-17 17:55|| 2014-11-17 17:55|| Front Page Top

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