Homeland Security staff locked out of their own networks

Source: engadget | February 21, 2017 | Jon Fingas

It’s not clear whether this was a glitch or a security issue.

Department of Homeland Security workers in Washington, DC ran into a massive headache when they came to work on Tuesday. Reuters sources say that staff were locked out of multiple networks starting around 5AM Eastern, possibly due to an issue with the personal identity verification cards needed to access certain systems. While it’s not clear just how much this interfered with work, there were issues across four buildings, including some used by US Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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