This just broke Right after Hillary called for an Automatic National Voter Database. Bad timing for the Ole Girl and whatnot, huh?
The Obama administration is scrambling to assess the impact of a massive data breach involving the agency that handles security clearances and US government employee records. Government officials familiar with the situation told Associated Press that hack occurred at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Interior Department and could potentially affect 4 million people at every federal agency.
The OPM is the human resources department for the federal government, and issues security clearances. Reports in the New York Times and Washington Post on Thursday, both citing unnamed sources in the federal government, reported Chinese hackers were behind the breach.
In November, a former DHS contractor disclosed another cyber-breach that compromised the private files of more than 25,000 DHS workers and thousands of other federal employees.....snip~
US officials report massive data breach at federal human resources agency | Technology | The Guardian