Posted on 12/30/2013 6:55:26 AM PST by maddog55
WASHINGTON The personal e-mail account of a State Department whistleblower was hacked, and four years worth of messages some detailing alleged wrongdoing at the agency were deleted, The Post has learned.
The computer attack targeted the Gmail account of Diplomatic Security Service criminal investigator Richard Higbie, his lawyer, Cary Schulman, confirmed.
They took all of his e-mails and then they deleted them all, said Schulman. He said that he could not prove who was responsible for the hack job, but said the attack was sophisticated and called the targeting of Higbie alarming.
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I like it. I can keep my rear protected while I bury my head
Do you have a crochet pattern for that rig? If I couldn’t make a fortune off it I could at least give it to my family members next Christmas...
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"We'll get right on that troubling series of henhouse robberies," said FBI spokesperson Foxy Volpe.
I am sure the NSA will have backups and will be happy to send them to him.
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