The Ministry of Finance announced that it will carry out an internal investigation summarily due to the download of pornographic videos from an IP linked to the Undersecretary of the same portfolio. Ministry
It should be noted that the information was released through Radio Biobio this past Tuesday.
Through a statement, the Treasury described what happened as “a fact that is of the greatest gravity.” In addition, it will carry out an investigation that has a limit of ten days to find those responsible.
“The immediate conduct of an internal summary investigation was instructed in order to clarify the facts and determine the corresponding responsibilities,” expresses the public statement.
previous downloads
The document indicates that a complaint was also made for the same reason in February of this year (previous government) to which “it concluded that there was never a download of files because security policies prevent it.”
Although they indicate that the download in question could have been carried out by an official who had the VPN of the Ministry of Finance connected to his personal computer.
“(…) Due to the pandemic, the previous administration granted access to the VPN so that all officials could connect from their personal computers to facilitate teleworking,” they specify.
To avoid future similar episodes, since February – the first illegal download – access to state VPNs began to be restricted, considering “that most officials are working in person.”
