OPM hack fallout: feds pay $133 million for (largely useless) ID theft monitoring services

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Last year, hackers believed to have Chinese government connections managed to breach the database of the federalOffice of Personnel Management (the agency that oversees security clearances for government employees and contractors), and stole sensitive and often blackmail-worthy information about 21.5 million…

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NSA Spying on Japan: The Fallout

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans WikiLeaks revelations about U.S. espionage against Japan could jeopardize Abe’s security reforms. Last Friday, the WikiLeaks website unveiled evidence that the U.S. National Security Agency is conducting espionage operations in Japan. On July 31, WikiLeaks published “Target Tokyo,” a list of…

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Fallout grows from hacking of Utah health database

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A data security breach of Utah’s state health records was far larger than first reported, with hackers from Eastern Europe now believed to have gained access to private information of some 780,000 patients, state officials said on Monday. The intrusion exposed the Social Security numbers…

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