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Why The U.S. Government's Social Media Accounts Are So Vulnerable to Hacks

  • BuzzFeed, Tuesday, January 20, 2015 1:58 PM
In the wake of hackers seizing the social media accounts of U.S. Central Command, Buzzfeed explains why the breach was only a matter of time. Regarding the roughly 5,000 social media accounts operated by the federal government, it writes: “The security for these accounts is operated by employees from disparate agencies that essentially run them as they see fit.” What’s more, “There is no government-wide requirement that users use two-step verification to protect their accounts.”
 

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