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kpete

(71,998 posts) Fri Oct 25, 2019, 10:58 PM Oct 2019

White House cybersecurity chief quits, says leadership is inviting an attack.

White House computer security Chief Dimitrios Vistakis gave the White House one helluva resignation notice earlier this week when he quit over practices he dubbed “absurd” including the systemic purging of cybersecurity staff.

"They say that history repeats itself. Unfortunately given all of the changes I’ve seen in the past three months, I foresee the White House is posturing itself to be electronically compromised once again. Allowing for a large portion of institutional knowledge to concurrently walk right out the front door seems contrary to the best of interests of the mission and organization as a whole."

The above quote, taken from a memo obtained by Axios and sent by Vistakis summarizes the former director’s worries. The rest of the letter paints the picture of a Trump administration hellbent on purging the Obama-appointed security specialists tasked with defending White House computers in the wake of a 2014 breach.

https://www.axios.com/scoop-cyber-memo-warns-of-new-risks-to-white-house-network-9aa19c6c-77a3-485b-919b-1dd9bd691514.html
https://thenextweb.com/politics/2019/10/25/white-house-cybersecurity-chief-quits-says-leadership-is-inviting-an-attack/

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White House cybersecurity chief quits, says leadership is inviting an attack. (Original Post) kpete Oct 2019 OP

Make America Vulnerable Again! Harker Oct 2019 #1

"leadership", eh? Hmmm, "leadership, leadership..." Leghorn21 Oct 2019 #2

"Russia, if you're listening..." klook Oct 2019 #3

If that gang of bozos is as inept as I think they are, blogslut Oct 2019 #6

of course, they WANT our defenses weakened to make it easier for Putin to access our systems. Takket Oct 2019 #4

They opened all the doors. sheshe2 Oct 2019 #5

Lights on, nobody home. crazytown Oct 2019 #10

Yep. sheshe2 Oct 2019 #13

There leaving the door open for Russians crazytown Oct 2019 #14

Add it to the impeachment charges. Nt BootinUp Oct 2019 #7

And the sooner points like these get stressed that republican traitors have put our nation in peril ffr Oct 2019 #8

Trump WANTS an attack. It's his reelection strategy. nt SunSeeker Oct 2019 #9

China, if you're listening, crazytown Oct 2019 #11

Can't afford to wait till next November orangecrush Oct 2019 #12

I hope whenever the hearings finally go public that they flip all of America. calimary Oct 2019 #17

Sounds like something Putin would appreciate. JohnnyRingo Oct 2019 #15

Billy Barr sez Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2019 #16

Could this be voting machine related too? nt Quixote1818 Oct 2019 #18

K & R Duppers Oct 2019 #19

Harker

(14,027 posts)

1. Make America Vulnerable Again!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:10 PM

Oct 2019

(Or keep it that way.)

Leghorn21

(13,525 posts)

2. "leadership", eh? Hmmm, "leadership, leadership..."

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:27 PM

Oct 2019

Yeah, I got nuthin

klook

(12,159 posts)

3. "Russia, if you're listening..."

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:29 PM

Oct 2019

Weakness Is Strength for these MFers.

blogslut

(38,004 posts)

6. If that gang of bozos is as inept as I think they are,

Reply to klook (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:43 PM

Oct 2019

Some kid with a mask from V for Vendetta taped to their wall and a couple of scripts they got off a warez site could probably crack their security.

Takket

(21,583 posts)

4. of course, they WANT our defenses weakened to make it easier for Putin to access our systems.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:34 PM

Oct 2019

sheshe2

(83,815 posts)

5. They opened all the doors.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:41 PM

Oct 2019

Left on the lights.

Left the key beside the computer along with the top security codes.

Left some coffee and donuts on the table.

crazytown

(7,277 posts)

10. Lights on, nobody home.

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 26, 2019, 12:51 AM

Oct 2019

sheshe2

(83,815 posts)

13. Yep.

Reply to crazytown (Reply #10)

Sat Oct 26, 2019, 01:02 AM

Oct 2019

Nobody home in their pea brains.

crazytown

(7,277 posts)

14. There leaving the door open for Russians

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #13)

Sat Oct 26, 2019, 01:08 AM

Oct 2019

without a thought that the Chinese might have an interest in the next election too.

BootinUp

(47,167 posts)

7. Add it to the impeachment charges. Nt

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2019, 12:42 AM

Oct 2019

ffr

(22,671 posts)

8. And the sooner points like these get stressed that republican traitors have put our nation in peril

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2019, 12:44 AM

Oct 2019

the sooner we can rid them off all branches of government.

SunSeeker

(51,578 posts)

9. Trump WANTS an attack. It's his reelection strategy. nt

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2019, 12:50 AM

Oct 2019

crazytown

(7,277 posts)

11. China, if you're listening,

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2019, 12:53 AM

Oct 2019

it's incredibly stupid to think the Russians may be the only one interested in the GE,

orangecrush

(19,581 posts)

12. Can't afford to wait till next November

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2019, 12:53 AM

Oct 2019

He has to be removed before then, or we will not have a free and fair election.

calimary

(81,350 posts)

17. I hope whenever the hearings finally go public that they flip all of America.

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #12)

Sat Oct 26, 2019, 01:28 AM

Oct 2019

Maybe even a critical mass of awakening Deplorables. We don’t even need them all. Just enough of them - to make enough of a difference in enough precincts in enough kep states. The independents are already turning. And all those little cogs can combine to move a lot of angry voters to push their Senators the way we want.

Impeached AND removed. BEFORE the election. I’m not so sure we should wait that long.