Why assuming data is secure is dangerous and stupid

It just annoys the hell out of me every time I hear Hillary Clinton talk about her email, because she says something to the effect that there is no evidence that her email server was ever hacked even though it was poorly secured. This likely speaks to why many of my peers in the IT security business are weary of her even though they are far from Trump fans.

What is even more troubling is that she apparently was clearly aware this can’t be true. Why this torques me off is that there was no tracking on that server so no one can tell whether it was penetrated or not, and that is why the FBI’s report indicated it was probably penetrated.

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