Mr. Bhagowalia made the claim during a House Oversight IT subcommittee hearing earlier this week.
The House Oversight Committee is looking into the government’s use of faulty software created by Juniper Networks. Last December, governmental agencies were found to have been using a flawed security tool with an unauthorized backdoor. The flaw in software has allegedly been in existence for three years.
Some believe a foreign government put the code in place to gain access to the U.S. government’s network.
But Mr. Bhagowalia denied allegations that any data was stolen. He said the Treasury Department fixed one-quarter of the problems in a day, and that the rest were resolved in around eight weeks.
Still, some lawmakers expressed worry during the hearing. “How would you know if something was taken or not?” asked Rep. Will Hurd (R), according to the report. Rep. Hurd also asked how much Jupiter Networks software the department is using, to which Mr. Bhagowalia replied that it is “a small percentage,” according to the report.
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