(WASHINGTON) — A State Department audit has
faulted Hillary Clinton and previous secretaries of state for poorly managing
email and other computer information and slowly responding to new cybersecurity
risks.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the report by the
agency’s inspector general Wednesday.
It cites “longstanding, systemic weaknesses” related to
communications. These started before Clinton’s appointment as secretary of
state, but her failures were singled out as more serious.
The review came after revelations Clinton exclusively used
a private email account and server while in office. Clinton is now the likely
Democratic presidential nominee.
The 78-page report says the department and its secretaries
were “slow to recognize and to manage effectively the legal requirements and
cybersecurity risks associated with electronic data communications,
particularly as those risks pertain to its most senior leadership.”
