Senators Grill Pompeo on Vulnerable Cybersecurity at State Department

A bipartisan cadre of senators sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday calling out the department's poor adoption of multi-factor authentication. From a report: Multi-factor authentication requires users to take an additional protective step when logging into an account -- often a physical key or a biometric scan. Beyond being a good practice for federal agencies, multi-factor authentication is also the law for all high-level government accounts. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Rand Paul (R-Kent.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H) pointed to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that found only 11% of required agency devices had enhanced security.

About Hillary's email server...

[Anonymous Coward]

Ahhh, too soon? Too easy!

Re: About Hillary's email server...

[Anonymous Coward]

Hillary's server may have been compromised

Donald Trump has been compromised

you tell him!

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In biting tones, Booker said "look, it's go 100% two-factor, or put the servers in your bathroom, Mr. Secretary!"

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[ScentCone]

In biting tones, Booker said "look, it's go 100% two-factor, or put the servers in your bathroom, Mr. Secretary!"

I recommend the new Spartacus firewall. It blocks everything except pompous middle-school quality theatricality.

Love that Wyden

[Tinsoldier314]

Seems like every time I see the Senate doing something rational regarding tech, the internet, net neutrality, etc., Ron Wyden is involved or leading the charge. I appreciate his track record on this kind of thing. I think he should be honored as a defacto Slashdotter.

Infowars is faggot shit for morons. Get tested.

[Anonymous Coward]

You seem to be stupid. You think that's a link to information on the topic, lol.

Tillerson knew

[charlie merritt]

F*cking Moron(s)
Podesta got spearphished.
Dpt of State doesn't get TFA.
45 with a nonsecured iphone.

When will basic cybersecurity classes begin?

Don't allow anyone in .gov near a computer till at least 2 class hours and a passed "driver's test". (Any government).

+1 Insightful

[mccrew]

Wish I had some mod points for you today, AC.

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[najajomo]

> The Troll is Strong with This One .. Meps.

Yea, I've noticed .. sad .. covfefe :[

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[rtb61]

What would you expect, the US state department, seems to be mainly about selling the bits and pieces of the US government to the highest bidder via lobbyist sales reps. Want a army for a dirty war, for sale cheap (quite public about that), contact the appropriate lobbyists, who will set you up with the foundation donation links to buy access. Want to out right buy a piece of land not for sale, no worries, contact you nearest US lobbyists, who will establish fiscal links to buy the coup you want, pay only te