Federal agencies are wide open to hackers, cyberspies
Passwords written down on desks. Outdated anti-virus software. "Perceived ineptitude" in information technology departments.
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US wonders: Why stolen data on federal workers not for sale?
The Obama administration is increasingly confident that China's government, not criminal hackers, was responsible for the extraordinary theft of personal information about as many as 14 million current and former federal ...
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Jun 18, 2015
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Fed agency blames giant hack on 'neglected' security system
The agency that allowed hackers linked to China to steal private information about nearly every federal employee—and detailed personal histories of millions with security clearances—failed for years to take basic steps ...
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Jun 16, 2015
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OPM official: Agency has history of problems with security
An Office of Personnel Management investigative official said Tuesday the agency entrusted with millions of personnel records has a history of failing to meet basic computer network security requirements.
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Jun 16, 2015
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Cybertheft of personnel info rips hole in espionage defenses
By exposing the names and addresses of foreign relatives, the cybertheft of private information on U.S. security clearance holders by hackers linked to China will complicate the deployment and promotion of American intelligence ...
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Jun 16, 2015
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Vast data warehouse raises HealthCare.gov privacy concerns (Update)
A government data warehouse that stores personal information on millions of HealthCare.gov customers is raising privacy concerns at a time when major breaches have become distressingly common.
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Jun 15, 2015
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Officials say deeply personal information in hackers' hands
Deeply personal information submitted by U.S. intelligence and military personnel for security clearances—mental illnesses, drug and alcohol use, past arrests, bankruptcies and more—is in the hands of hackers linked to ...
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Jun 13, 2015
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Officials: Second hack exposed military and intel data
Hackers linked to China have gained access to the sensitive background information submitted by intelligence and military personnel for security clearances, U.S. officials said Friday, describing a cyberbreach of federal ...
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Jun 12, 2015
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Union says all federal workers fell victim to hackers
A major union says the cyber theft of employee information is more damaging than it first appeared, asserting that hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for 4 million current and former federal workers ...
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Jun 11, 2015
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After hacking, government workers warned of potential fraud
An immense hack of millions of government personnel files is being treated as the work of foreign spies who could use the information to fake their way into more-secure computers and plunder U.S. secrets.
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