This morning.
Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2.
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence Simon Coveney TD disembarking the L.É. Samuel Beckett at the Naval Service 75th anniversary.
Meanwhile…
🚨NEW: Simon Coveney now claims he deleted texts from his phone over concerns it would be hacked.
The story changes. Again. https://t.co/p87QojhxxB
— Hugh O’Connell (@oconnellhugh) September 1, 2021
Meanwhile…
2. available in a form that can be accessed should an FOI request be made? And that a person who destroys such a record following an FOI request has committed an offence? https://t.co/zq7HwhoQzE
— Pearse Doherty (@PearseDoherty) September 1, 2021
Sponsored Link
Not surprised the two sailors are blowing raspberries.
My thought exactly
As for the fabric hanging off the yard arm or what ever coveney is walking down
Something else about that phone
if it was provided for
and paid for
by his job
all activity on it is not really his property
and using it for personal use is in fact stealing from his employer
anyone remember the old HR policies and contracts forbidding the use of phone and then internet for personal calls etc
which is why one would assume he has a second phone for private & personal use
like family, eBaying, and campaigning n’ stuff
just saying
100%, state property so subject to all sorts of regulations.
Should also be backed up regularly. In fact it should be subject to mobile device control to prevent tampering too, and make it wipeable in the event of it being lost – what with all of the sensitive texts on it and all.
In fact, if his phone ‘has been hacked’ before, then I’d have questions about the security of these devices generally. Does it have access to oireachtas email? Is this based on a local mobile device management policy and username password, or are MFA controls applied? Or is it even just a public server with simple username and password?
Insane if just using two factor authentication in this day and age. As for the claims of being hacked, I simply do not believe him.
Me neither. This is being fudged in a big way.
More importantly
Does someone else besides the Minister have access to the device
have they been vetted and security what_have_yas
signed the official secrets act
are they subject to the Cabinet members handbook
and that’s where I’m leaving it with ye
your local Anti Corruption people can take it from here
What’s in the Cabinet Handbook that’s of relevance?
Not least https://mobile.twitter.com/kenfoxe/status/1432810360877240322
anyone remember the old HR policies and contracts forbidding the use of phone and then internet for personal calls etc
yeah, OLD polices. From back in the 90s when calls were prohibitively expensive.
Since they introduced “unlimited” texts, calls, and data that is no longer relevant.
Worldwide free calls?
How do you know if it was his phone or the workplaces?
And, no using the phone for non-work reasons is not stealing, these days most organisations have an ICT policy that allows for reasonable personal use.
I also assume government documents should not be carried around in such a sloppy manner for all to see
Imagine him keeping classified material
The noose tightens.
Fair play to Pearse – often its only him who calls out this BS
To misquote Eamon Dunphy
“This fella Coveney is a cod”
Give the phone to forensic data scientists and let them attempt to restore the deleted data. No problem if theres nothing to hide in said texts surely?
Also, did Leo and Zappone also delete said texts from Coveney? A text conversation is two-way… Surely it would be an _awful_ coincidence if all 3 of them had enough concerns about their phones being hacked that they have to regularly delete apparently innocuous texts?
And if said hacking concerns are so serious, facing our most senior government officials, surely they’ve reported them to the Gardai?