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Hackers got FBI files as part of OPM breach

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Dissent

Cory Bennett reports:

Suspected Chinese hackers breached FBI agents’ personnel files as part of the broader attack on the federal government that has laid bare millions of people’s data, Newsweek reported.

Putting FBI agents’ data at risk could have national security implications; many investigate domestic terrorist plots and foreign spies.

 

Read more on The Hill.


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