Homeland Security chief: No more personal e-mail on work computer


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 22 Jul 2015

DROP IN THE OCEAN?: Johnson is belatedly stopping the use of personal e-mail on his work computer as it has been deemed a security risk.

WASHINGTON: Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said that he stopped using his desktop computer at work to check personal e-mail because it posed a security risk. 

Johnson, whose department is responsible for protecting federal government computers from attack, said he had used his work desktop to access personal e-mail through the Web but stopped after a news report revealed the practice as a cybersecurity risk. 

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