The Washington Post reports that a (now) ex-employee of the U.S.
House Ethics Committee put a sensitive report detailing 30+ current
investigations  on to a public accessible computer. Wired Magazine also
reported on this story, saying it was put onto a personal computer, and then
placed it into a file folder used for peer to peer file sharing to the Internet.


This lack of compliance with basic security policies and procedures
is a major defect in how Congress is protecting sensitive
information.


No word on what file sharing application tool was used. If it
was setup as anonymous FTP, it may have been from one specific computer or wound
up on hundreds if not thousands of computers.


The ethics committee is one of the most secretive panels in
Congress, and its members and staff members sign oaths not to disclose any
activities related to its past or present investigations. Watchdog groups have
accused the committee of not actively pursuing inquiries; the newly disclosed
document indicates the panel is conducting far more investigations than it had
revealed.

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