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Hackers stole Social Security numbers from 21.5 million, gov’t admits

07/09/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Hackers swiped Social Security numbers from 21.5 million people — as well as fingerprint records and other information from background check investigations — in the massive breach earlier this year of federal personnel files, the government acknowledged Thursday. The Office…

China’s hack attack: Will US ever learn?

06/16/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Upon hearing of the massive data breach of employee information from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) — allegedly by hackers working for the Chinese government — Kay Cole James, the former director of OPM under George W. Bush, told…

US believes China behind cybersecurity breach affecting at least 4M federal employees

06/05/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Hackers based in China are believed to be behind a massive data breach that could have compromised the personal data of at least 4 million current and former federal employees, U.S. officials said late Thursday. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a…

Obama administration scrambles to contain damage from ‘massive data breach’

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The Obama administration was scrambling Friday to contain the damage from a massive cyber-breach which may have put the entire federal workforce at risk, as officials began to point the finger at China-based hackers. The Department of Homeland Security issued…