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Jared Serbu: White-hat hackers expose Education cyber weaknesses

The Education Department’s inspector general said its white-hat hackers were able to compromise the department’s main enterprise IT system. They gained unfe...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

November 18, 2015 8:45 am

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Jared Serbu, defense reporter, Federal News Radio

The Education Department’s inspector general said its white-hat hackers were able to compromise the department’s main enterprise IT system. They gained unfettered access to the network. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu tells Emily Kopp on Federal Drive with Tom Temin, it’s just one reason the department's cybersecurity posture got an unfavorable review. Read Jared's related story.

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