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June 15, 2018

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A “malicious party” hacked into the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s website, but no data were lost or compromised, according to the agency that oversees the state government’s cybersecurity. A vulnerability in the software of the website’s content management system allowed the access, a spokeswoman for the Virginia Information Technologies Agency said this week. “A malicious party got into the system; however, the intruder was detected early by VITA and blocked, preventing significant changes,” the spokeswoman, Marcella Williamson, wrote in an email. The problem was reported May 22, and the website was taken down for nearly two weeks, said DEQ spokeswoman Ann Regn. It has since been restored, but some applications remained out of order Thursday.
Richmond Times-Dispatch

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stories of national interest

President Obama was one of a select handful of individuals who had "direct contact" with Hillary Clinton on her private email account, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz indicated in his bombshell report Thursday on the Clinton email probe. In a footnote, the DOJ watchdog notes that "FBI analysts and Prosecutor 2 told us that former President Barack Obama was one of the 13 individuals with whom Clinton had direct contact using her clintonemail.com account." The IG report adds that Obama used a pseudonym for his username and that, after intelligence analysts questioned whether Obama's communications contained classified information, it was determined the emails sent and received were not classified.
Fox News

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press attorneys have asked a Florida state court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against journalist and President of News for Univision Daniel Coronell over an opinion column he published about Colombian attorney Abelardo de la Espriella in January. The column, which ran in Colombia’s Spanish-language newsmagazine Semana, offered commentary on De La Espriella’s famed legal career and lavish lifestyle, including his tastes in designer clothes, watches, and luxury travel on private jets.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
 

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