With all the hacking it seems Hillary's server was the most secure box on the planet.

[DanTex]

DNC server: hacked.
State department servers: hacked multiple times.
Gmail, yahoo, etc.: tons of hacks of prominent people.
Corporate systems: lots of hacks.
Uber-secretive NSA: massive leak.
Secure diplomatic cables: leaked all over the place.

But for all the hand-wringing about her email server, it was never hacked.

[auntpurl]

1. Irony: you're soaking in it. nt

[Sheepshank]

2. Quite the understatment

[Agnosticsherbet]

3. Why hasn't anyone tried to Hack the RNC?

Just sayin...

[Cerridwen]

4. Because they're working with the rnc? Just a little CT musing. n/t

[Agnosticsherbet]

6. Logical answer.

[Cerridwen]

7. ~A~ logical answer. Not necessarily ~the~ logical ~and~ factual answer. :) But, thanks. n/t

[Agnosticsherbet]

29. It is conjecture, not fact.

[treestar]

14. This ^^^

Very suspicious. There are bound to be some juicy items there.

[Hekate]

16. Because the Russians like Paul Manafort?

Or maybe they have already hacked the RNC and are holding it all for blackmail the way J. Edgar Hoover used to.

[glennward]

24. Why do you think they haven't?

[Agnosticsherbet]

30. It hasn't been made public, if it happened.

I just find it odd that someone would hack the DNC and ignore the RNC. Both would have donor lists and information that could be monetized.

It is curious to me why hackers would hit one and not the other.

[Orsino]

5. Ha! n/t

[lillypaddle]

8. K&R n/t

[JaneQPublic]

9. Don't forget the big hack of the Office of Personnel Management

OPM stores personnel data of all federal civil service employees, as well as all the security clearance files of all cleared government and contract personnel -- well over 5 million people in total. Chinese hackers captured it all.

As one of the many folks who had a security file at OPM, I worry what the Chinese will do with our fingerprints and every fact about our lives, personal and professional, not to mention SSN.

And by the way, friends who used to work at the Pentagon say the Chinese are constantly snooping in the DOD, with mixed results.

See, that's why I can't get too exercised about Hillary's server. All they can do is suppose she probably got hacked, but at least it's not a sure thing like all these other hacks.

[LuckyLib]

11. Me neither. Friends who have worked for the

federal government tell me that the lack of tech sophistication in DC offices is a well known fact. (Case in point, the FAA, where even the air traffic control system is so antiquated as to be laughable.) there are folks who argue that HRC set up her own server precisely because of the ineptitude of State Department technology, and its vulnerability to hacking.

[TrogL]

10. We have no idea whether it was or wasn't hacked

One of the technical complaints about it was it lacked any sort of diagnostics to determine whether it was or wasn't hacked.

I'm going to see if I can find out exactly what sort of mail server it was.

In edit, looks like it was running Exchange. For two months it was directly connected to the Internet without ssl but back in the day I don't remember early Exchange supporting ssl.

[KeepItReal]

13. Correct. And the server's logs were deleted.

So the DOJ could not tell even if it had had an intrusion.

[hollowdweller]

12. Maybe, or possibly they are saving the best for last?

[Ilsa]

15. Yep, it seems to be the only server left unhacked.

I'm glad she she had her own email system.

[NWCorona]

21. You are glad? I hope it lasts.

[Ilsa]

23. Me too. I hope the personal server issue goes away.

There is no indication that it was ever hacked.

[TheBlackAdder]

17. A Stand-Alone system is so insecure, all evidence of intrusion is easily masked.

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Only inept newbies leave evidence, the rest don't.


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[NWCorona]

18. I wouldn't talk in absolutes

[bornskeptic]

20. And of course the FBI servers were hacked by couple of teenagers.

http://www.batblue.com/teen-hackers-who-targeted-cia-breach-fbi-servers/

So does this mean Director Comey was grossly negligent or merely extremely careless for not making sure they were secure?

[panader0]

22. Hillary's server was most likely hacked.

[Peacetrain]

25. I never thought about that..

Maybe that is why the Russians and their minions in the right was so mad when they found out she had a private server.. that they did not get to hack

[Native]

26. Glad Hillary finally got around to saying this in her 60 Minutes interview with Kaine. It was great!

[jtunes]

27. hackers wouldn't have hacked her server without telling us

because that would be dishonest

[unblock]

28. sometimes the best security is going unnoticed.

microsoft, e.g., has the resources to provide excellent security but they are a giant target so hackers keep trying and keep finding ways.

hackers aren't as interested in smaller servers. easier to hack, perhaps, but less payoff.


similarly, if you want to avoid having your car stolen, you can either pay through the nose for a high-end tracking security system or be like me and just content yourself to drive a 15 year old car that no one else would want anyway