DHS Stored Bioterrorism Data On Unsecured Servers

via Emily Baumgaertner, reporting for The Los Angeles Times, tells a tale of deep incompetence at the Department of Homeland Security, with bonus points with revelations that data egress command source and destination are unknown, as is attribution.

‘The information — housed on a dot-org website run by a private contractor — has been moved behind a secure federal government firewall, and the website was shut down in May. But Homeland Security officials acknowledge they do not know whether hackers ever gained access to the data.’ – via Emily Baumgaertner, reporting for The Los Angeles Times

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Infosecurity.US authored by Marc Handelman. Read the original post at: https://www.infosecurity.us/blog/2019/9/4/dhs-stored-bioterrorism-data-on-unsecured-servers