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US believes China espionage behind government hack attack
Economic Times WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is increasingly confident that China's government, not criminal hackers, was responsible for the extraordinary theft of personal information about as many as 14 million current and former federal employees and … U.S. believes Chinese spies behind hack |
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Japanese government aims to hire more computer security specialists following …
South China Morning Post (subscription) The Japanese government was planning to increase the number of "white hat hackers", or specialists who use their skills to improve computer security, following massive personal data leaks from the country's pension service earlier this month, officials … |
The U.S. is investigating a massive data breach that exposed personal information on around 4 million federal government workers, according to news reports Thursday.
China is suspected of having a hand in the attack, described by an unnamed official as “one of the largest thefts of government data ever seen,” the Wall Street Journal reported.
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