ABC News: OPM Hack Far Deeper Than Publicly Acknowledged, Went Undetected For More Than A Year, Sources Say
The massive hack into federal systems announced last week was far deeper and potentially more problematic than publicly acknowledged, with hackers believed to be from China moving through government databases undetected for more than a year, sources briefed on the matter told ABC News.
"If [only] they knew the full extent of it," one U.S. official said about those affected by the intrusion into the Office of Personnel Management's information systems.
It all started with an initial intrusion into OPM's systems more than a year ago, and after gaining that initial access the hackers were able to work their way through four different "segments" of OPM's systems, according to sources.
Update: The Terrible Scale of the Chinese Cyber-Pearl Harbor Attack -- Noah Rothman, Commentary
WNU Editor: This story refuses to die .... and each day something new is being disclosed. One has to now make the assumption that China has a dossier and file and every past and present U.S. government worker.
Update #2: China’s Spies Hit the Blackmail Jackpot With Data on 4 Million Federal Workers -- John R. Schindler, Daily Beast
Update #3: It is now getting serious .... Officials: Second hack exposed military and intel data (AP)
3 comments:
Should we care?
Peasant have nothing to steal.
Now the ruling class might have lots to steal.
When multiple large cities (at the same time) and states go bankrupt over pension liabilities, will,people in the middle class have any saving that are not confiscated a la Cyprus?
Confucius say "Websites must beware of Chinese fortune cookies".
LOL. You gave me my first laugh of the day James. Thank you.
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