Re:FBI arrests Chinese national connected to malware used in...
by rdtsc on Sunday August 27, 2017 @10:02PM
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Exactly.
It was such a massive breach and it was surprising how little press it got. The "Russians" hacking the election with flaky evidence has gotten magnitudes more of coverage.
And here is detailed information about current and present government employees, many in the intelligence agencies, tens of millions of people total probably. Including biometric data like fingerprints, deeply personal stuff like past transgressions, addictions, financial trouble, health information -- these are things that could be used to approach or entrap someone in a blackmail scheme. And comparatively it was barely a blip in the news.
CIA if I remember correctly was the only not affected. But it is not unheard of people moving between agencies so there is still risk there.
It was such a massive breach and it was surprising how little press it got. The "Russians" hacking the election with flaky evidence has gotten magnitudes more of coverage.
And here is detailed information about current and present government employees, many in the intelligence agencies, tens of millions of people total probably. Including biometric data like fingerprints, deeply personal stuff like past transgressions, addictions, financial trouble, health information -- these are things that could be used to approach or entrap someone in a blackmail scheme. And comparatively it was barely a blip in the news.
CIA if I remember correctly was the only not affected. But it is not unheard of people moving between agencies so there is still risk there.