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The Office of Personnel Management says hackers who breached its systems stole 5.6 million pairs of fingerprints — more than five times its initial estimates. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=DATA-BREACHES 
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WHEN HACKERS STEAL your password, you change it. When hackers steal your fingerprints, they’ve got an unchangeable credential that lets them spoof your identity for life. When they steal 5.6 million of those irrevocable biometric identifiers from U.S. federal employees—many with secret clearances—well, that’s very bad Learn more: http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=DATA-BREACHES
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WHEN HACKERS STEAL your password, you change it. When hackers steal your fingerprints, they’ve got an unchangeable credential that lets them spoof your identity for life. When they steal 5.6 million of those irrevocable biometric identifiers from U.S. federal employees—many with secret clearances—well, that’s very bad Learn more: http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=DATA-BREACHES
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Here's a breakdown of the biggest questions about the government hack -- what you should know about the attack, who is affected and what it means for you. One in 14 Americans may have just lost tons of their personal information — everything from their Social Security Number and birthdates to notes on their finances, relationships and even sexual proclivities — to hackers in a massive cyber breach, a federal agency said Thursday. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=DATA-BREACHES
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Here's a breakdown of the biggest questions about the government hack -- what you should know about the attack, who is affected and what it means for you. One in 14 Americans may have just lost tons of their personal information — everything from their Social Security Number and birthdates to notes on their finances, relationships and even sexual proclivities — to hackers in a massive cyber breach, a federal agency said Thursday. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=DATA-BREACHES
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Hackers linked to China appear to have stolen security-clearance records with sensitive data about millions of American military and intelligence personnel. What’s particularly stunning about this development is how quickly it grew into something so severe. Last week, officials estimated that the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees had been compromised. Then that figure ballooned to as many as 14 million. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Cyberattack
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Hackers linked to China appear to have stolen security-clearance records with sensitive data about millions of American military and intelligence personnel. What’s particularly stunning about this development is how quickly it grew into something so severe. Last week, officials estimated that the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees had been compromised. Then that figure ballooned to as many as 14 million. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Cyberattack
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The agency tasked with recruiting workers for the US government has fessed up to allowing the personal details of 4 million people to be stolen by hackers.
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The agency tasked with recruiting workers for the US government has fessed up to allowing the personal details of 4 million people to be stolen by hackers. The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has sent out an alert to current and former government employees warning of the data breach. "Beginning June 8 and continuing through June 19, OPM will be sending notifications to approximately 4 million individuals whose Personally Identifiable Information was potentially compromised in this incident," the OPM said. The OPM alert does not disclose just what information was lost but said that it would provide credit monitoring and identity monitoring to all those who had their information swiped.
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Es kommt noch dicker für die US-Bundespersonalbehörde OPM: Bei der massiven Hackerattacke wurde nicht nicht nur persönliche Daten von 22 Millionen Bediensteten, sondern auch Fingerabdrücke von 5,6 Millionen kompromittiert.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=DATA-BREACHES
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Es kommt noch dicker für die US-Bundespersonalbehörde OPM: Bei der massiven Hackerattacke wurde nicht nicht nur persönliche Daten von 22 Millionen Bediensteten, sondern auch Fingerabdrücke von 5,6 Millionen kompromittiert.
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Over 22 million people had their personal information hijacked in a cyberattack on the US Office of Personnel Management. The attack is over, but its threat will literally last lifetimes. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=DATA-BREACHES
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Over 22 million people had their personal information hijacked in a cyberattack on the US Office of Personnel Management. The attack is over, but its threat will literally last lifetimes. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=DATA-BREACHES
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It’s worse than you might think too, as these documents contain information about spouses and children, including their social security numbers. The Associated Press reports as many as 21.5 million social security numbers may have been compromised. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=DATA-BREACHES
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It’s worse than you might think too, as these documents contain information about spouses and children, including their social security numbers. The Associated Press reports as many as 21.5 million social security numbers may have been compromised. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=DATA-BREACHES
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee, a government worker union said Thursday, asserting that the cyber theft of U.S. employee information was more damaging than the Obama administration has acknowledged. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Cyberattack
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee, a government worker union said Thursday, asserting that the cyber theft of U.S. employee information was more damaging than the Obama administration has acknowledged. Sen. Harry Reid, the Democratic leader, said on the Senate floor that the December hack into Office of Personnel Management data was carried out by "the Chinese" without specifying whether he meant the Chinese government or individuals. Reid is one of eight lawmakers briefed on the most secret intelligence information. U.S. officials have declined to publicly blame China, which has denied involvement. J. David Cox, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said in a letter to OPM director Katherine Archuleta that based on the incomplete information the union received from OPM, "We believe that the Central Personnel Data File was the targeted database, and that the hackers are now in possession of all personnel data for every federal employee, every federal retiree, and up to one million former federal employees. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Cyberattack
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