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Officials: China Suspected of U.S. Data Breach Affecting Millions


U.S. officials told NBC News that, so far, the breach doesn't appear to be the "worst-case scenario" — compromise and disclosure of the identities of the covert CIA agents. But they said the breach — which exploited a "zero day" vulnerability, meaning one that was previously unknown — could be the biggest cyberattack in U.S. history, potentially affecting every agency of the U.S. government.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-officials-massive-breach-federal-personnel-data-n370096


not very surprised tbh. i mean, it seems like most gov servers have pretty lame security, and lots of financial institutions have better security than the gov. my2c


Adam Schiff, D-California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, called the new attack "most shocking because Americans may expect that federal computer networks are maintained with state-of-the-art defenses."
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sadly, this is true... most people do seem to think that...
 
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