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January 11, 2018
A number of IP addresses tied to users of a prominent revenge porn website have been traced back to several government offices, including the US Senate, the Navy, and the Executive Office of the President.
In late November, Senators Kamala Harris, Richard Burr, Amy Klobuchar, and Jackie Speier introduced a bipartisan bill—the ENOUGH Act of 2017—aimed at making revenge porn a federal crime. The bill was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, to which Harris, a California Democrat, was named earlier this week.
https://gizmodo.com/revenge-porn-posts-linked-to-high-level-us-government-c-1821981277
To be clear, the Executive Office of the President includes a wide range of agencies, such as the National Security Council, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Office of the President.
It is not totally clear which specific organization the poster may be based in, but online records suggest it could be the Office of Administration or the Office of Management and Budget.
An IP address does not necessarily refer to an individual, and it’s not possible to know whether a guest or other visitor on a government network is responsible for the posts. There is also a chance that a hacker may be routing their traffic through government computers, but the Senate and Executive Office of the President IP addresses do not appear in lists of known, previously compromised machines, according to online records.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-us-government-computers-linked-to-revenge-porn-site?ref=home
A number of IP addresses tied to users of a prominent revenge porn website have been traced back to several government offices, including the US Senate, the Navy, and the Executive Office of the President.
In late November, Senators Kamala Harris, Richard Burr, Amy Klobuchar, and Jackie Speier introduced a bipartisan bill—the ENOUGH Act of 2017—aimed at making revenge porn a federal crime. The bill was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, to which Harris, a California Democrat, was named earlier this week.
https://gizmodo.com/revenge-porn-posts-linked-to-high-level-us-government-c-1821981277
To be clear, the Executive Office of the President includes a wide range of agencies, such as the National Security Council, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Office of the President.
It is not totally clear which specific organization the poster may be based in, but online records suggest it could be the Office of Administration or the Office of Management and Budget.
An IP address does not necessarily refer to an individual, and it’s not possible to know whether a guest or other visitor on a government network is responsible for the posts. There is also a chance that a hacker may be routing their traffic through government computers, but the Senate and Executive Office of the President IP addresses do not appear in lists of known, previously compromised machines, according to online records.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-us-government-computers-linked-to-revenge-porn-site?ref=home
