Bloody hackers have been at it again. This time they’ve
apparently stolen the personal information of more than 21 million people in
the United States, including some who had (ironically) applied for security
clearances.
This would make it the
biggest hack in US history, and at the moment, all eyes are on the Chinese. But they deny having
anything to do with it of course.
Among the data the hackers
stole was criminal, financial, health, employment and residency histories, as
well as information about their families and acquaintances.
The scope of the breach
has grown dramatically since the government first said earlier this year
hackers had broken into the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM)
personnel database and stolen records for about 4.2 million people.
Since then, the
administration has acknowledged a second, related breach of the systems housing
private data that individuals submit during background investigations to obtain
security clearances.
Metro.
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