I feel like someone is gonna get in big trouble for this.
The dude who stole her mail wasn't even wearing a mask.
Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide
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Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide
#12If they followed proper security it would be encrypted. All of our Macs at my employer automatically have it on.
Given that Pelosi's desktop was logged on and unlocked, there's a fair chance the laptop was too which would render full disk encryption useless. As long as whoever stole it didn't close it and send it to sleep anyway.
Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide
#13If it is a laptop of consequence (even if not classified), hopefully it had security and tracking capabilities that can be activated.
That info would probably be helpful for law enforcement and prosecutors.
This all assumes that congress, the DNC, or whoever owns the laptop has upped their personal computer op-sec significantly since the DNC hacks of 2016.
Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide
#14Beyond the information security risk around the loss of this specific device, what really worries me is the physical security implications here. I'm certainly no expert on the subject, but it seems to me like, in a building like the US Capitol, it should not be anywhere near this easy for unauthorized people to waltz into an office or conference room in the first place. Let alone walk away with items from within that room.
Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide
#15Truly a nightmare situation. I really hope they have a solid means to recover the stolen assets. Does anyone have insight into what types of tracking high level government laptops would have?
I know thinkpads has "computrace" in the BIOS, but alongside with intel ME, perhaps the device can be, at least, erased.
Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide
#16Truly a nightmare situation. I really hope they have a solid means to recover the stolen assets. Does anyone have insight into what types of tracking high level government laptops would have?
Not really a nightmare when any janitor or cleaner could have stolen the same laptop.
Not just the laptop. Access to offices and assets, potential for network security issues, the whole things is a nightmare.
Edit: Do you people not understand physical security of network assets?
Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide
#17What sensational news over at the guardian. Look at how they stuffed the URL with keywords
It's because when you scroll down it has other news stories in it.
Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide
#18Truly a nightmare situation. I really hope they have a solid means to recover the stolen assets. Does anyone have insight into what types of tracking high level government laptops would have?
Not really a nightmare when any janitor or cleaner could have stolen the same laptop.
That may or may not be true, but I feel it's worth mentioning that often those individuals need some level of security clearance. See listings on job boards for janitorial staff/etc. that require security clearance (often at private corporations, like defence contractors, but I see no reason why it wouldn't extend to public employment i.e. at the Capitol).
Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide
#19If they followed proper security it would be encrypted. All of our Macs at my employer automatically have it on.
Given that Pelosi's desktop was logged on and unlocked, there's a fair chance the laptop was too which would render full disk encryption useless. As long as whoever stole it didn't close it and send it to sleep anyway.
Was that actually her computer though?
Re: Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide
#20The link appears to be some sort of live news feed and right now unrelated stuff about covid, articles of impeachment, and Trump's power to launch nukes is dominating the page, you really have to scroll to get to the laptop story
I think this is the direct link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/jan/08/donald-...
The "story" is also really just a link to this tweet: https://twitter.com/Drew_Hammill/status/1347598063620206592?...