US Office of Personnel Management Apr 2015 Hacking (Q15763)
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A data breach risk event
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A data breach risk event |
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April 2015
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Hackers working for the Chinese state breached the computer system of the Office of Personnel Management in December, U.S. officials said Thursday, and the agency will notify about 4__million current and former federal employees that their personal data may have been compromised. The hack was the largest breach of federal employee data in recent years. It was the second major intrusion of the same agency by China in less than a year and the second significant foreign breach into U.S. government networks in recent months.Last year, Russia compromised White House and State Department e-mail systems in a campaign of cyber_espionage. [What to do if your information was stolen] The OPM, using new tools, discovered the breach in April, according to officials at the agency who declined to discus (English)
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