House Report Concluded Pakistanis Made ‘Unauthorized Access’ To Congressional Servers (Rosiak)

Daily Caller ^ | 1/16/2018 | Luke Rosiak

[bitt]

House investigators concluded that Democratic IT aides made unauthorized access to congressional servers in 2016, allegedly accessing the data of members for whom they did not work, logging in as members of Congress themselves, and covering their tracks, according to a presentation summarizing the findings of a four-month internal probe.

Their behavior mirrored a “classic method for insiders to exfiltrate data from an organization,” and they continued even after orders to stop, the briefing materials allege. There are indications that numerous members’ data may have been secretly residing not on their designated servers, but instead aggregated onto one server, according to the briefing and other sources. Authorities said that the entire server was then physically stolen.

When acting on the findings, Democratic leadership appear to have misrepresented the issue to their own members as solely a matter of theft, a comparison of the investigators’ findings with Democrats’ recollections and a committee’s public statement shows, leading 44 Democrats to not conduct protective measures typically taken after a breach — including informing constituents whose personal information may have been exposed. (A list of the involved members is below.)

The presentation, written by the House’s Office of the Inspector General, reported under the bold heading “UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS” that “5 shared employee system administrators have collectively logged into 15 member offices and the Democratic Caucus although they were not employed by the offices they accessed.” It found indications that a House “server is being used for nefarious purposes and elevated the risk that individuals could be reading and/or removing information” and “could be used to store documents taken from other offices.” The server was that of the House Democratic Caucus, a sister group of the DNC that was run at the time by then-Rep. Xavier Becerra.

The aides named are Imran Awan, his wife Hina Alvi, his brothers Abid and Jamal, and his friend Rao Abbas, Pakistani-born aides whose lives are filled with reason for concern. Abid’s Ukranian wife Natalia Sova and Haseeb Rana were also involved in the Awans’ activities but departed the House payroll prior to the investigation.

[nfldgirl]

It is depressing, demoralizing to the core to know of all the corruption that has gone on, and continues to go on. Yet, absolutely no accountability. Drain the swamp? Will believe it, if/when it happens. Not holding my breath.

[bitt]

return to the thread - Liz’s - from #45 to #58

[thinden]

Good lD

will do this tomorrow

[rawcatslyentist]

The house needs to be made homeless if it took them this long to stop treason at the highest levels. Oh wait they haven’t stopped anything yet!

[i_robot73]

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So? We “discover” all this stuff and NOBODY GOES TO JAIL! What’s the point of “discovering” it?
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How else can they lie to the pleebs during the election? “Well, we did *something*....”

Hell, D.C. can’t get behind the idea of enforcing the EXISTING Law (aka DACA), you expect ‘em to do spring into action re: treason??

[poconopundit]

You know, Liz, FReepers are anxious about indicting Hillary, but in terms of political impact, this Awan story could really do terrific damage to the Dems.

Hoping this becomes a widely known story before this year's elections.

Everything is lining up: Trump's undeniable success at getting things done as POTUS, the never ending Dem scandals, and the very visible FAKE NEWS stories Trump is beating down with his FAKE NEWS awards!).

Winning... Big Time!

The country is sailing smartly now that a master and intrepid captain is at the helm.  So I'm less concerned and therefore spending a bit less time on FR these days.

But that's allowing me to double down on my own professional work.  It's building up that Yuge MAGA Sand Dune one grain at a time.

[poconopundit]

Maybe a separate FBI investigation into Ms. Clarke’s 150 iPhone heists would feel like a CONG to her head!

Outrageous fraud! Thanks for the intel...

[Liz]

FReepers are anxious about indicting Hillary, but in terms of political impact, this Awan story could really do terrific damage to the Dems. Hoping this becomes a widely known story before this year's elections.

Yup, the details are slowly seeping out into the population. The biggie is that the Paki IT's

<><> (a) amassed mountains of Democrats' tech data,

<><>(b) compromised constituents' emails and SS nos, AND,

<><>(c) colluded with Democrats to steal govt-issue equipment,

....... is a huge political liability.

[houeto]

Very informative Liz. Thanks. I appreciate your ‘plain text’ posts and enjoy reading them.

-houeto.

[Liz]

The Yvette Clarke “write-off” caper illustrates just ONE Democrat scam.

The rest of the Democrat Paki employers, numbering about 44, have yet to be audited to unearth similar patterns of thievery.

[Liz]

Democrats remind me of the fictional Philip Nolan.....”The Man Without a Country.”

Like Nolan all of them have seemingly renounced our nation.

They act like they never heard of the United States of America.

They hop up on their soap boxes at the slightest provocation.....to disparage and humiliate US patriots.

Its as if Democrats live their lives in exile. They never even mention America or, more importantly, ways to preserve American values.

Even more egregious one could conclude Democrat leaders have given explicit orders.......”no one in this party should ever mention the United States of America ever again.”

[Texas Fossil]

“This information was turned over to the United States Capitol Police and their investigation is ongoing.”

Might as well be the Keystone Cops.

[poconopundit]

It's as if Democrats live their lives in exile. They never even mention America or, more importantly, ways to preserve American values.

Yep. It's astounding. My Dad, a Reagan Democrat, is rolling over in his grave.

Probably these Congressional-fraudsters learned the con-game early on.

As a freshman, a senior rep called him or her into his office and said, "Congratulations on being elected to Congress. Now there are some rules about operating here you need to know..."

And in that way many generations of corrupt officials were "trained" on how to work the system, keep their mouths shut, and play the 3-monkey game.

At the root of their hatred for Trump is abject FEAR of being caught with a hand in the cookie-jar -- and much more.

[Liz]

At the root of the hatred for Trump is abject FEAR of being caught with a hand in the cookie-jar -- and much more.

No question.