The Massive U.S. Capitol Attack We’re Ignoring

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Capitol Attack Could Go Way Beyond a Physical Breach

When Trump supporters occupied the US Capitol last week, hundreds of rioters gained unrestricted access to the offices of our Representatives and Senators . You can see one such invader sitting here in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. But we have to ask ourselves, did the breach stop there?

What we see in these images is not just a physical petentration of the very symbol of our democracy, but potentially a coordinated cyberbreach as well. In addition to ransacked filing cabinets, exposed desktops and confidential documents waiting to be shredded, it’s nearly certain that laptops were stolen, mobile devices pocketed and malware-enabled USB devices plugged into the same computers that run our government. From years of studying organized crime, let me assure you that any mob that has so premeditated an attack that they bring chemical agents and pipe bombs to the riot, has likely planned a corresponding cyber intrusion as well. In fact, physical destruction in corporate cybercrime is often just a diversionary tactic to keep investigators from focusing on a far more damaging digital takeover.

What if the rioters had access to and were reading all of the emails between Congress and the Capitol Police prior to the inauguration? What if they have the ability to freeze congressional computers during an impeachment procedure or transitional handoff?

As the FBI and Secret Service investigate members of the seditious mob attempting insurrection on American soil, I implore them to not forget the hallowed DIGITAL ground that underlies our legislative branch of government – and our way of life.