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June 17, 2015

Fed agency admits computer security neglected

  • The Office of Personnel Management's data was breached last year in two massive cyberattacks.
    • By KEN DILANIAN
    AP Intelligence Writer

    WASHINGTON — The agency that allowed hackers linked to China to steal private information about nearly every federal employee — and detailed personal histories of millions with security clearances — failed for years to take basic steps to secure its computer networks, officials acknowledged to Congress on Tuesday.

    Democrats and Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee spoke in unison to describe their outrage over what they called gross negligence by the Office of Personnel Management. The agency's data was breached last year in two massive cyberattacks only recently revealed.


     
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