Rioters stormed the Capitol on Wednesday. (Photo: C-SPAN)
After the occupation of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters Wednesday, an emergency response plan to ensure federal computers were locked down apparently was not activated, some experts say. As a result, federal security teams are likely scrambling to detect and repair any damage done.
News reports about stolen computers as well as protesters occupying offices in which computers were left on are raising serious security concerns. I was very disappointed to see that the computers in [Speaker of the House] Nancy Pelosi s office were left on and were unlocked,” says retired Air Force Brigadier Gen. Gregory Touhill, former U.S. CISO and now CEO of Appgate Federal. “That is an incredibly poor security practice. You would have thought that they would have unplugged them as they evacuated the offices.