A physical breach is a nightmare scenario for Capitol IT

Re:A physical breach is a nightmare scenario for Capitol IT by jjk166 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @03:33PM (#25677029)

There are lots of things to be concerned about besides classified information - such as emails and personal files of congress members and staffers - but even further it's not just what you can get off of the computer, it's what you can put on it.

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Re:A physical breach is a nightmare scenario for Capitol IT by jjcon on Thursday January 07, 2021 @04:13PM (#25677557)

> such as emails and personal files of congress members and staffers

All of which is not of national security concern and most of which is already subject to public access via foia

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Re:A physical breach is a nightmare scenario for Capitol IT by anonAndOn on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:11PM (#25678962)

Can I get a senator's passwords to Facebook and Twitter from a FOIA? no? Ok, what about a key logger on his/her staff computer?

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Re:A physical breach is a nightmare scenario for Capitol IT by olyjohn on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:39PM (#25679236)

I'm sure Windows Defender will take care of that!

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Re:A physical breach is a nightmare scenario for Capitol IT by OminousWeapons on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:07PM (#25678928)

Ignoring the potential for harvesting credentials and then abusing reused creds, the ability to send emails from a congressional email account is a disaster in and of itself. Imagine if someone sent out an email from Nancy Pelosi's email account validating Q Anon theories for example. Good luck ever walking that back.

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