# DHS Forwards all emails to random persons Gmail

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dhs-forwards-all-emails-to-random-persons-gmail/272909>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [August 28, 2015, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dhs-forwards-all-emails-to-random-persons-gmail/272909 "2015-08-28T08:11:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dhs-forwards-all-emails-to-random-persons-gmail/272909/1 "2015-08-28T08:11:04Z")

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DHS employee turned on auto forward to his personal email. Mistyped the name so on top of the major security issue, he forwarded it to a random person.

> **[cloud\_data\_breach\_incident\_reports\_for\_system\_of\_records\_0.pdf](https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/cloud_data_breach_incident_reports_for_system_of_records_0.pdf)**
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**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dhs-forwards-all-emails-to-random-persons-gmail/272909/2 "2015-08-28T08:16:36Z")

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pure brilliance

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dhs-forwards-all-emails-to-random-persons-gmail/272909/3 "2015-08-28T08:37:57Z")

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Why would auto-forward even be an option when you work for DHS?

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**Author:** ![Gus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gus/32/5112_2.png) [@Gus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gus)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dhs-forwards-all-emails-to-random-persons-gmail/272909/4 "2015-08-29T01:07:59Z")

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> [@JayS](#):
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> Why would auto-forward even be an option when you work for DHS?

Company phone, downloaded forwarding app?

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**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dhs-forwards-all-emails-to-random-persons-gmail/272909/5 "2015-08-29T07:20:09Z")

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So why doesn’t email forwarding should use an initial verification email? Seems like it would be simple to have

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**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dhs-forwards-all-emails-to-random-persons-gmail/272909/6 "2015-08-29T17:38:39Z")

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LOL at first I thought of the delivery service.

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**Author:** ![Birdman64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@Birdman64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Birdman64)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dhs-forwards-all-emails-to-random-persons-gmail/272909/7 "2015-08-29T18:50:36Z")

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> [@ubengineering](#):
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> LOL at first I thought of the delivery service.

That was my first thought also lol