Everything on govt systems are usually backed up per law. Sometimes 2-3 layers. Even the most banal emails. It goes to library of congress after some years. If it’s gone permanently? You can assume it’s specific direction, from Trump admin, and it goes against standard document procedures.
Govt IT isn’t oriented towards speed and profit—it’s a mission based and reliability oriented strategy. The IT and infosec where I work is 10x stronger than any I ever saw during my time in private sector.
Somewhere, some poor it tech is about to find out just how good those backups were.
If you can’t turn off a website and back on again you shouldn’t be in charge of a website (not to give the us government that much credit.)
Everything on govt systems are usually backed up per law. Sometimes 2-3 layers. Even the most banal emails. It goes to library of congress after some years. If it’s gone permanently? You can assume it’s specific direction, from Trump admin, and it goes against standard document procedures.
Govt IT isn’t oriented towards speed and profit—it’s a mission based and reliability oriented strategy. The IT and infosec where I work is 10x stronger than any I ever saw during my time in private sector.
Of course all bets are off now.