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Clinton e-mails were vulnerable to hackers, tech firm warned

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Dissent

Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman report:

A technology subcontractor that has worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s e-mail setup expressed concerns over the summer that the system was inadequately protected and vulnerable to hackers, a company official said Wednesday.

But the concerns were rebuffed by the company managing the Clinton account, Platte River Networks, which said it had been instructed by the FBI not to make changes. The FBI has been reviewing the security of the e-mail system.

Read more on Washington Post.


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