Peter Wong and Hillary Borrud report:
The leak of former Gov. John Kitzhaber’s emails occurred at a time when state auditors were reviewing security controls at the state data center where the emails are stored.
The routine audit, which is ongoing, was already underway when the leak occurred and it is unrelated to the criminal investigation into the release
Read more on Portland Tribune.
Suzanne Widup caught a real gem in the report worth noting. A state Audits Division spokesman Tony Green, speaking about the ongoing audit and the leaked emails:
Green said if auditors find any evidence of criminal activities at the data center, they would turn it over to law enforcement as they have done in such situations with previous audits.
“At this point, it’s way too early to even guess as to what that may be,” Green said. “Just because someone leaked records doesn’t mean there are security problems.”
Oh, really?