sent on July 27 by the USPS Office of Inspector General outlined how an audit discovered "the Postal Service allowed applications to operate in the production environment with significant vulnerabilities that increase the risk of disclosure of sensitive information and potential impact to business operations."
The USPS Corporate Information Security Office called the flaws in the system "catastrophic." Hackers have not penetrated the agency's systems, but the holes in the apps could have allowed them to access sensitive data. The audit called for the service to address and fix the vulnerabilities found in the apps it was using. A USPS spokesperson told Business Insider in an email that "the vulnerabilities identified in this report were found, scoped and addressed by the Postal Service. These applications are now addressed."
The US Postal Service has been thrust into the spotlight recently as the upcoming 2020 presidential election approaches, an election that the service will likely play a large role in. The agency is expected to be tasked with processing an influx of mail-in ballots given the COVID-19 pandemic. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a major donor to the Republic Party, announced operational changes to the agency, which had been struggling long before the pandemic. After much backlash,
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