Yusuf Acar, D.C. IT chief security officer, is being held without bail after being arrested on bribery charges. Security analysts warn that Acar and his alleged accomplices could have created backdoors into systems. Since the alleged bribery scheme included misdoings on a purchase of security software, there may be questions about the quality of the district’s security tools. Gartner Inc. analyst John Pescatore calls the situation a “huge mess for Washington’s government””]
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