Cool the Government Got Hacked and Millions of People are Compromised
The beauty of building up a wealth of confidential data you really don’t want anyone accessing is that it’s all in one place when, say, Chinese hackers decide they want to look at it. Such is the case with today’s “massive” federal data breach, the AP reports.
The hackers hit the mainframe in the beginning of May, the Department of Homeland security announced today, potentially compromising millions of federal government workers.
A U.S. official who declined to be identified said the data breach could potentially affect every federal agency. One key question is whether intelligence agency employee information was compromised.
The Office of Personnel Management is the human resources department for the federal government, and it conducts background checks for security clearances. The OPM conducts more than 90 percent of federal background investigations, according to its website.
One key question is whether intelligence agency employee information was compromised.
It’s like the great Holden Caufield once said, and I’m approximating here, but, “That’s the whole trouble. You can’t ever find a place that’s nice and secure, because there isn’t any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you’re not looking, somebody’ll sneak up and release all your personal information right under your nose.”
