It is really the only possible explanation. There is no chance that he took the information he had from a secure area and was able to flee the country.
If you work in IT you have lots of chances. His data was raw feed off of a router behind a firewall. Ask anyone that has a CISCO certification how to do that.
Working in IT, and working in IT for Booz Allen on an NSA contract are not the same thing.
I have several friends that work in IT for government contractors, as the DODs NGIC is close to where I live. Every one of them has told me the opposite of what you are saying.
In these settings there are two systems. One would function like any other system, connected to the internet etc. The other system is a closed loop. Any attempt to remove information from the closed loop system would trigger several levels of authentication, which would then involve multiple people.
Again, I’m not in IT, so the way I’m explaining it probably makes me sound like a retard to someone who is. This is merely what several close friends/family that work for DOD and DOD contractors have told me.
It is really the only possible explanation. There is no chance that he took the information he had from a secure area and was able to flee the country.
Not only leave the country, but change countries three times (USA, Hong Kong, Moscow)
If you work in IT you have lots of chances. His data was raw feed off of a router behind a firewall. Ask anyone that has a CISCO certification how to do that.
Working in IT, and working in IT for Booz Allen on an NSA contract are not the same thing.
I have several friends that work in IT for government contractors, as the DODs NGIC is close to where I live. Every one of them has told me the opposite of what you are saying.
In these settings there are two systems. One would function like any other system, connected to the internet etc. The other system is a closed loop. Any attempt to remove information from the closed loop system would trigger several levels of authentication, which would then involve multiple people.
Again, I’m not in IT, so the way I’m explaining it probably makes me sound like a retard to someone who is. This is merely what several close friends/family that work for DOD and DOD contractors have told me.
Once you are in the DC it is rather hard to stop, especially if you have admin privileges.