A $230k debt and a LinkedIn message led an ex-CIA officer to spy for China

Re:A $230k debt and a LinkedIn message led an ex-CIA officer... by save_ferris on Saturday April 06, 2019 @10:35AM (#19590925)

This was the big fear that came out of the OPM hack back in 2015[0], that the exfiltrated data could be used to mine for targets of coercion by foreign governments.

With all of the personal data floating around the web and government systems clearly unable to keep up with modern security best-practices, we can almost guarantee this is going to get worse.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Management...

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Re:A $230k debt and a LinkedIn message led an ex-CIA officer... by creaghpatr on Saturday April 06, 2019 @11:14AM (#19591124)

>It has been described by federal officials as among the largest breaches of government data in the history of the United States.

Huh, that sounds like a pretty big scandal but I’d never heard of this until you posted it.

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Re:A $230k debt and a LinkedIn message led an ex-CIA officer... by uneasy-sausage on Saturday April 06, 2019 @12:51PM (#19591636)

OP was incorrect about the year - it was 2013. The OPM breach included ANYONE who filled out/submitted an SF86 form to the USG. I believe fingerprint data was compromised at all - our (US) government flopped real hard on this issue and put millions of people's personal information into the wild.

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