Chinese hackers breach federal government's personnel office
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/chinese-hackers-breach-federal-governments-personnel-office/2015/06/04/889c0e52-0af7-11e5-95fd-d580f1c5d44e_story.html
Chinese hackers breached the computer system of the Office of
Personnel Management in December, officials said Thursday, and the
agency will notify some 4 million current and former federal employees
that their personal data may have been compromised. The hack was the
second major intrusion of the agency by China in less than a year.
OPM, using new tools, discovered the breach in April, said officials
at the agency who declined to comment on who was behind the hack.
Other U.S. officials, who spoke on conditions of anonymity because it
is an ongoing investigation, identified the hackers as being from
China. The data potentially exposed included employees' job
assignments, performance ratings and training, the officials said. The
breach did not involve background or clearance investigations, they
said.
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