Federal Cybersecurity Failures Include a 48-Year-Old System Few People Knew How to Use

Federal Cybersecurity Failures Include a 48-Year-Old System Few People Knew How to Use

Federal agencies fail to follow basic computer security standards including relying on a 48-year-old system for critical work, leaving the government vulnerable to hackers, according to Congressional report published on Tuesday.

The report, Federal Cybersecurity: America’s Data at Risk, is the result of a 10-month review by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate Homeland Security Committee that examined a decade’s worth of inspector general reports.