This is the part that got the Sanders campaign in trouble...

[Renew Deal]

"We knew there was a security breach in the data, and we were just trying to understand it and what was happening," said Josh Uretsky, reached by phone on Friday morning, a day after the campaign let him go.

Uretsky says he got into the system to create a record to make it clear to anyone with NBG-VAN knowledge that he was "going through stuff that I wasn't supposed to have access to."
http://www.wmur.com/politics/fired-sanders-aide-i-wasnt-peeking-at-clinton-data-files/37026958

If this is all he did, it doesn't sound like he did anything wrong. Why did the Sanders campaign fire him?

According to the DNC, the Sanders campaign will remain suspended until it provides the DNC with a full explanation of the episode and provides proof that any improperly accessed data has been discarded.

Hopefully this can be resolved quickly.

[Thinkingabout]

1. Good move on the part of the DNC, whether he was trying to prove a point or not, doing so does not

excuse his actions. It is like the shoplifter, thinking they can shoplift and get away with it then it is okay, where are the ethics?

[Renew Deal]

2. It excuses his actions

He shouldn't be fired if this is all he did. He's not a shoplifter. He's a whistleblower.

[VanillaRhapsody]

4. apparently then...its not all he did...

[JonLeibowitz]

9. Exceptionally poor logic... n/t

[Renew Deal]

12. I think the logic is correct

The firing seems like an over-reaction.

[Thinkingabout]

5. What? he went where he should not have gone. This is not going to get better as it goes on.

Even Sanders has reacted to this action, now go and tell Sanders he should not have fired the guy.

[VanillaRhapsody]

10. Why would I do that?

He deserved to be fired...

[Thinkingabout]

18. Exactly, why one can not control themselves when it comes to invading areas of others is beyond me.

He did not do Sanders any favors, now the DNC has remove access, guess this should send a message of ethics.

[phleshdef]

13. Spoken like someone who has zero understanding of how this stuff even works.

[Thinkingabout]

16. Would you want your data stolen and look at for my own pleasure? Tell this to Sanders who fired

the staff member, which should have been done.

[phleshdef]

17. The data wasn't stolen. The vendor did a crummy development job in terms of exposing....

...data to the right people.

I am an applications developer for a living with 15 years experience with a Bachelor of Science in CIS. You really shouldn't bother trying to argue with me about this. I know what I'm talking about.

[Thinkingabout]

20. Ethics, this should have been the rule, not that it can't be looked, the guy should have used

restraint. It does not matter how many degrees one has, it does not okay unethical actions. I am not arguing about how it happens, I am saying it was not ethical, it will not help Sanders if he is trying to run a good campaign. If their access is revoked then they can blame the one who apparently could not resist unethical behavior.

[phleshdef]

21. You aren't arguing about how it happened because you don't understand how it happened.

And that means you are in NO position to make any judgments regarding whether or not unethical behavior occurred. You shouldn't speak about things you know nothing about.

Many of us Bernie supporters give Hillary the benefit of the doubt on the cooked up email BS. I wish you would have enough class to do so the same.

[Thinkingabout]

25. Don't attack me because this staff member is unethical, attach the person who did the deed. Sanders

has responded correctly, he fired him, where is the ethics? Is this going to be the lasting story of Sanders campaign? I do not need to be badgered, talk about having class.

[phleshdef]

30. There is zero proof that anything unethical occurred yet.

[Thinkingabout]

36. Go tell Sanders, he fired him.

[phleshdef]

37. Shirley Sherrod. Nuff said.

[Thinkingabout]

39. Tell Sanders he is wrong.

[phleshdef]

40. If I had all the facts in front of me and it seemed that was the case, hypothetically I would.

[Fawke Em]

32. None of them do.

But, they've suddenly become "data security experts" when they ignored their own candidate's far-worse position on the private and unsecured server for months.

I work in data security. This is a non-issue. The breach was reported prior and within 30 minutes of the latest event. Most breaches go unnoticed for six to eight months. That this was over with and done in 30 minutes is record-breaking in terms of breach resolution.

No data was downloaded. No data was hacked.

End of story.

[phleshdef]

38. Yea, same here. I've developed front end GUI, databases and all the tiers in between for 15 years.

Some developer screwed up and exposed the wrong data to the wrong people... whether it was from a lack of checking permissions or one of the millions of other things that one could do to cause that, I don't know. But you know whats up. This is absurd.

[VanillaRhapsody]

3. and you just believe that hogwash...

Of course! It makes perfect sense!

[Historic NY]

6. Having 3 assistants help him .......

in his peeking.

[Renew Deal]

14. The "peeking" is meaningless

Do they have evidence that they kept the files? That they used the files? Did they sell the files? Did they break in or did one more item appear in their menus? So far the story is that they identified the issue and were documenting it. If that is untrue, or if someone inside gave Sanders access then you have a story.

[Thinkingabout]

22. It isn't Sanders, it is his campaign staff, he should come out strong and say this, that he has

terminated the staff member. This excusing information is not helping Sanders, it is hurting.

[Renew Deal]

24. I don't think most voters care

It's not hurting or helping. I do wonder why they fired the whistleblower. It seems like an over-reaction.

[Thinkingabout]

26. Then perhaps the repeated over and over posting is the over-reaction. If voters don't care

why continue to remind them dozens of times, allow Sanders to handle this properly before it is totally overblown.

[Renew Deal]

27. I agree

Really it's us talking to each other. I doubt the man on the street knows anything about it.

[Historic NY]

41. Really you can bet your ass if it was a Clinton staffer

you wouldn't be saying that.

[Renew Deal]

42. That's funny

[peacebird]

7. He meant no harm, had warned them of bugs previously but they kept cropping up so he was

Trying to see if Bernies data could be compromised. Thing is - even if the data vendor is so lax on security - the debugging of their system and trouble shooting HAS to be done by them.

It's almost like they were doing a crappy job, and repeatedly not fixing things, just to egg a real pro into trouble shooting.... So they could spring the trap and say all the effed up stuff they are saying now.

Otherwise, if that is NOT the case, then they are really too lame to be in the business. It is TOO easy to give all campaigns access to the same core records WHILE keeping their own additions hashed & secure from each other. That is, easy If you are a competent data base designer& administrator. Sounds like these bozos are neither.

[Renew Deal]

15. The simplest explanation is the most likely.

It's like the old "Why do you rob banks? That's where the money is" line.

And I don't think the conspiracy theory is very simple.

You're blaming the Database Administrators, but the issue is more likely with the people that give rights.

[phleshdef]

19. The people that setup rights for data exposure wouldn't be members of either campaign.

[Renew Deal]

23. I agree

[phleshdef]

28. Okay, sorry, I may have misunderstood where you were going with that

[Agnosticsherbet]

8. Politics as usual paid for by a guy that fell on his sword poviding plausible deniability.

If they found a security breach, they should have gone straight to the DNC.

[Leftyforever]

29. They did !!

This episode really shows that Clinton doesn't hold a candle to Sander's on Integrity or Policy... all the Clintonistas are freaking out trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill cause they got nothing else to stand on. Sad

[Agnosticsherbet]

34. A person without integrity decided to steal information in order to give Sanders an advantage.

It appears that the only way people see for Sanders to have a shot is to steal.

Firing that person is called damage control. Sanders is not the first politician to do that and will not be the last.

The sad thing about information like this is that once it is out it does not go back in.

It is a pity that theft of data, in this case, will not lead to real criminal charges.

[Leftyforever]

35. You sound like you know all the facts when you do not

Stop trying to paint this in your favor when you just don't know the facts yet.... sad...

[Fawke Em]

33. They did. Months ago. Nothing was done about it. eom

[edgineered]

31. He was searching for a vendor selling server wiping cloth.

A well known endorsement of the product was fairly recent.