Legislative board OKs formal state computer policy (ahem, Sen. Kintner)

The Legislature will have new Hewlett-Packard state computers next session, and formalized policies to go with them.

The new policies came as a response to Sen. Bill Kintner's misuse of a state computer more than a year ago for a cybersex encounter, but also other senators' and staffers' sometimes questionable use of state property, said Executive Board Chairman Bob Krist.

The policies were approved by the board Thursday.

Senators also learned the State Patrol is investigating a recent attempted cyberattack from a child pornography site on the Legislature's secure website, Krist said.

Such attempts to get into the secure site come from someone opening a window of opportunity when he or she is using the state's secure network to surf unsecure sites, he said.

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