{"id":3937,"date":"2018-03-16T14:01:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T20:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/?p=3937"},"modified":"2018-03-16T14:01:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T20:01:10","slug":"us-government-contractor-involved-in-questionable-hud-hire-also-provides-cyber-security-service-while-having-hacked-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/16\/us-government-contractor-involved-in-questionable-hud-hire-also-provides-cyber-security-service-while-having-hacked-website\/","title":{"rendered":"US Government Contractor Involved in Questionable HUD Hire Also Provides “Cyber Security” Service While Having Hacked Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the Guardian reported<\/a> that an adviser to the US Housing and Urban Development (HUD) department “had resigned from his position with Hud after the Guardian asked him to explain multiple allegations of fraud as well as exaggerations in his biography”. How he got hired in the first place still seems to be a bit of an open question:<\/p>\n

Raffi Williams, a Hud spokesman, said in an email that Jafry was hired through Accel Corporation, a contractor. When this was put to Stacye Loman, the owner of Accel Corporation, she said in an email: \u201cThat is an incorrect statement.\u201d Loman then gave the names of two different companies that she said had hired Jafry. She did not answer when asked if these had been subcontracted by her company.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That leads to a security angle, as the Accel Corporation advertises providing<\/a> “Cyber Security” and other security related services (emphasis ours):<\/p>\n

ACCEL\u2019s major business driver is serving and fulfilling our client\u2019s requirements with speed and excellence. We delight our clients every day with high value, expert information technology and related professional services.
\nACCEL Corporation has information technology experts who answer today\u2019s demands for both stand-alone and web-enabled, secure<\/strong> applications to manage information in a timely, organized and integrated format.
\nACCEL Corporation provides the following information technology services to our clients:<\/p>\n