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5 Congressional Staffers in Criminal Probe over Unauthorized Computer Access…

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Five people employed by members of the House of Representatives remain under criminal investigation for unauthorized access to Congressional computers. Former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz employed at least one of those under investigation. The criminal investigation into the five, which includes three brothers and a wife of one of the men, started late last […]

Paul Ryan: House IT Scandal Probe Getting ‘Outside’ Help…

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U.S. Capitol Police are getting “the kind of help they need from other sources” in their criminal investigation of five Pakistani former information technology aides to dozens of House Democrats, according to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. “I wont speak to the nature of their investigation, but they’re getting the kind of technical assistance […]

House Hacking Suspects Could Read Every Email Dozens of Congressmen Sent and Received…

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Congressional IT staffers who are the subject of a criminal investigation into misusing their positions had full access to members’ “correspondence, emails, confidential files,” and there was almost no tracking of what they did, a former House technology worker said. Imran Awan bullied central IT to bend the rules for him so there wouldn’t be […]

Suspect In House IT Security Probe Also Had Access To DNC Emails…

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Imran Awan — the lead suspect in a criminal probe into breaches of House of Representatives information security systems — possessed the password to an iPad used by then-Democratic National Committee Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz when DNC emails were given to WikiLeaks, the Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned…

House Dems Paid $4 Million to Pakistani IT Professionals Now Under Criminal Investigation…

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Dozens of House Democrats have collectively paid $4 million since 2009 to Pakistani IT professionals now under criminal investigation who had access to House members’ email and computer files. Capitol Police is investigating whether five members of the Awan family from Pakistan engaged in criminal activity, including theft, as computer administrators for dozens of House […]

House Dem IT Staffers Owed Money To Hezbollah-Connected Fugitive…

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Congressional aides suspected of criminally misusing their access to House computer systems owed $100,000 to an Iraqi politician who is wanted by U.S. authorities and has been linked to Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Middle Eastern terrorist outfit. Imran Awan and four of his relatives were employed as information technology (IT) aides by dozens of House Democrats, […]

House Dem IT Guys in Security Probe Secretly Took $100K in Iraqi Money…

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Rogue congressional staffers took $100,000 from an Iraqi politician while they had administrator-level access to the House of Representatives’ computer network, according to court documents examined by The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group. The money was a loan from Dr. Ali al-Attar, an Iraqi political figure, and was funneled through a company with “impossible”-to-decipher…

House Conservatives Want To Know How Rogue Democrat IT Staffers Got Away…

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House conservatives want to investigate three IT employees, all brothers, suspected of compromising the networks of Democrats on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Conservative Republicans — disappointed in House Democrats for hushing up the issue and in the media for failing to widely report the story — […]

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