From: Politico
By David Perera
The State Department, which shut down its unclassified email system and cut off Internet access over the weekend to deal with a suspected online attack, has a history of weak cybersecurity, and it grew worse over the last four years, according to auditors.
Officials at Foggy Bottom are giving few details about the “activity of concern” — first reported by the Associated Press Sunday, but auditors have long warned about poor cybersecurity measures there. More than 100 different systems at State have shown consistently similar problems since September 2009, auditors said in an October report. Ineffective cyber risk management is “undoubtedly systemic in nature, requiring global measures in attempt to remedy this deficiency,” they added.
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