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Latest US personnel data breach affects 21.5m

Personal data of not just employees but also contractors, applicants, family members stolen in cyber theft of security clearance information

Published Fri, Jul 10, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    Washington

    IF misery loves company, the US Office of Personnel Management had a couple of good days. Then, its cyber sinkhole got much, much deeper.

    News about computer problems grounding United Airlines, shutting the New York Stock Exchange and taking The Wall Street Journal's home page offline momentarily overshadowed OPM's problems and demonstrated how vulnerable the digital world is, even in the private sector.

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