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June 24, 2015

Federal agencies wide open to hackers, spies

  • The Office of Personnel Management is under fire for exposing its data to cyberspying but a new report says Treasury, Transportation, State and HHS are worse.
  • By KEN DILANIAN
    AP Intelligence Writer

    WASHINGTON — Passwords written on desks. Outdated anti-virus software. “Perceived ineptitude” in information technology departments.

    The federal government, which holds secrets and sensitive information ranging from nuclear blueprints to the tax returns of hundreds of millions of Americans, has for years failed to take basic steps to protect its data from hackers and thieves, records show.


     
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