THE MOTHER OF ALL GOVERNMENT DATA BREACHES IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW

SOURCE: SOVEREIGN MAN

It’s been more than a month since the federal government shut down.

We all know the familiar story of the 800,000+ workers, and the millions of contractors, who are not receiving paychecks.

(Plus there are millions of other workers and small businesses in the private sector whose incomes depend at least partially on the government– and they’re all suffering as well.)

But now the shutdown is starting to affect cybersecurity.

Because it turns out that there are now at least 200 federal websites whose SSL certificates have expired ever since government employees were furloughed.

If you’re not familiar, SSL (and its updated version TLS) are standard encryption technologies that ensure information passed between Internet users and the websites they visit is secure.

Without SSL and TLS, your data (including credit card or other personal information) could easily be intercepted by hackers.

And nearly every website you visit now, from Google to our own SovereignMan.com, uses this encryption.

Each site has to have a “certificate”, which is really just a digital file that forms part of the encryption key. These certificates expire from time to time and must be renewed… ideally by competent professionals who know what they’re doing.

Like I said before, there are now at least 200 US government websites whose SSL certificates have expired.

But most agencies no longer have competent professionals on hand to update the certificates.

Instead, the IT guys are sitting at home waiting for the shutdown to end.

Remember that when the government shut down, federal employees were grouped into two categories: ESSENTIAL and NON-ESSENTIAL.

The non-essential employees were sent home and told to wait it out, with a warning that it’s actually against the law for them to even log in to their work emails.

The essential employees, meanwhile, are inexplicably forced to keep working for no pay– which is something that was supposedly outlawed in the Land of the Free back in 1863.

About HALF of all federal employees, it turns out, are non-essential, with more than 380,000 waiting at home for the shutdown to end.

And depending on the agency, the numbers are even more pronounced.

Cybersecurity seems especially hard-hit: the National Protection and Programs Directorate, which the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), has lost more than 80% of its workforce since the furlough began.

US-CERT is one of the lead players in cybersecurity; it not only heads the governments efforts to fight off foreign hackers, but it also coordinates with private companies to disseminate information about computer viruses and other cyber threats.

They’ve now collapsed into a tiny skeleton crew, leaving countless government networks vulnerable to attack.

It’s not just SSL certificates either; with so many cybersecurity staff on furlough, most agencies be able to install critical security updates.

That leaves their systems– and the treasure trove of information within them, heavily exposed to foreign hackers.

Just think about all the personal data that sits inside government networks. Tax and financial information. Family details. Address history. Travel history. Work history. They literally have your whole life in there.

In 2016, hackers obtained access to the IRS and stole information on hundreds of thousands of taxpayers.

In 2014, a breach of the US Office of Personal Management was discovered. The information of 22 million former and current government employees was hacked.

I imagine that right at this very moment there are probably dozens of foreign hacker groups, both government and private, who are having a field day with vulnerable US government networks in what will become the mother of all data breaches.

We probably won’t find out about it for months… maybe even a year or two down the road.

But someday you can expect to see news headlines about catastrophic government hack that occurred during the shutdown of 2019.

This is a great reminder, by the way, to take some basic steps to safeguard your own privacy and online security.

Let’s say you have an online account with the Social Security Administration.

And, like a lot of people, you might use that same password for several websites– like your email, social media, bank account, etc.

Well, if the Social Security network is hacked and your password stolen, that means ALL of your other accounts could be breached as well.

Don’t make this mistake.

The government is already creating a lot of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in its egomaniacal dispute over a $5 billion border wall. Re-using the same password makes you even more vulnerable.

Feel free to check out this free resource on creating a secure password, plus how and why to use a password mana....

And if you’re already a member of our flagship international diversification service, Sovereign Man: Confidential, I encourage you to read our ‘Secure Your Digital Life’ Guide.

And to continue learning how to ensure you thrive no matter what happens next in the world, I encourage you to download our free Perfect Plan B Guide.

SHARE THIS ARTICLE...

Views: 98

Comment

You need to be a member of 12160 Social Network to add comments!

Join 12160 Social Network

Comment by cheeki kea on January 28, 2019 at 3:47am

If hackers should get in to my data, I hope they take the lot before my Govt. gets to it. Our main privacy threat is from big gov.dept- mbie, out to create and maintain false identities on social media and extract GPS co-ordinates from photos to harvest private info from the general public. Staff being trained in techniques to get access to private or friend-locked info. The culprits are in charge of employment, immigration, housing, tourism, financial markets, competition regulation, and economic development. I can make this serious comment of truth because I'm reading all about it in my free local suburban newspaper would you believe, so is my entire neighbourhood. So thumbs up to the local rag, page 9.

"Destroying the New World Order"

TOP CONTENT THIS WEEK

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE SITE!

mobile page

12160.info/m

12160 Administrators

 

Latest Activity

Doc Vega commented on Doc Vega's blog post Government Issued Wearables? What’s Wrong With this Picture?
"cheeki kea Ha! Good one!"
10 hours ago
tjdavis posted a video

This is Paris Now… You Won’t See This in the Tourist Brochures

In this video, I take you through Marché Barbès and its surrounding neighbourhoods — an area that reflects the modern, complex face of Paris most tourists ne...
13 hours ago
Doc Vega posted a blog post

Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Passes Amidst Democrat Lies About a Tax cut for the Rich Being Averted

AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.It’s over, folks. President Trump and congressional Republicans aimed to…See More
yesterday
Doc Vega posted blog posts
Wednesday
cheeki kea commented on Doc Vega's blog post Government Issued Wearables? What’s Wrong With this Picture?
"I wonder what wearables must have been like before the last reset. "
Wednesday
Burbia commented on Burbia's video
Tuesday
Doc Vega commented on tjdavis's blog post National Blueprint For Biodefense
"Another scare tactic to push people into anew regime of vaccinations! Either that, or this is a…"
Tuesday
Doc Vega posted blog posts
Tuesday
Sandy posted a video

Dr. Mike Yeadon Speaks Out Against Digital ID, CBDCs, and Agenda 2030

Dr. Mike Yeadon, ex-Pfizer VP, urges public rejection of digital ID, CBDCs, and Agenda 2030, warning of future restrictions on freedom and privacy.
Tuesday
Burbia posted a video

"EVERYONE'S BEEN SHOT UP HERE": Arsonists Set Wildfire In Idaho, Open Fire On Firefighters, Police

- Shocking news just broke that multiple firefighters and officers were shot in an ambush at the Canfield Mountain Natural Area in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.Acco...
Monday
Doc Vega posted a blog post

Well Known Wilderness Photographer Disappears in the Cascades-Guess Why?

 In August of 2023 another aficionado of the great outdoors went missing. The chilling revelations…See More
Sunday
Doc Vega posted a blog post

The Draconian Show

Sometimes I talk to my invisible friend, IkeHe comes from another dimension when magnetic fields…See More
Jun 27
tjdavis posted a blog post
Jun 26
Doc Vega posted a blog post
Jun 25
Doc Vega posted blog posts
Jun 24
Doc Vega posted blog posts
Jun 23
Doc Vega favorited tjdavis's photo
Jun 22
Doc Vega commented on tjdavis's photo
Thumbnail

Game Night

"Ha! Good one!"
Jun 22
Doc Vega commented on FREEDOMROX's blog post MRNA VACCINES: Question
"Listen man I know where you're at but back in October of 2023 thru December of 2023 for months…"
Jun 22
tjdavis posted a video

Architecton | Official Trailer HD | A24

SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/A24subscribeWritten and directed by Victor Kossakovsky and starring Michele De Lucchi. ARCHITECTON – Coming Soon RELEASE DATE: Comin...
Jun 22

© 2025   Created by truth.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

content and site copyright 12160.info 2007-2019 - all rights reserved. unless otherwise noted