US government accuses China of largest breach ever of govt. computer networks

[sureLoss]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/04/politi...ent/index.html

Four million current and former federal employees may have had their personal information hacked, the Office of Personnel Management said on Thursday.

The agency, which is conducts background checks, warned it was urging potential victims to monitor their financial statements and obtain new credit reports.

U.S. officials believe this could be the biggest breach ever of the government's computer networks.

The breach is beyond the Office of Personnel Management and Department of Interior, with nearly every federal government agency hit by the hackers, government officials said.

An assessment continues and it is possible millions more government employees may be impacted.

American investigators believe they can trace the breach to the Chinese government. Hackers working for the Chinese military are believed to be compiling a massive database of Americans, intelligence officials told CNN on Thursday night.

[The Yen Man]

Lol. Pot, meet kettle.

[jayswin]

Oh hey America, doesn't feel good when the shoes on the other foot, eh?

[ricosuave]

^

^^

exactly

do as we say, not as we do LOL

[T@T]

Friken Chinese, first CP and now the American government.

[Hugh Jahrmes]

Originally Posted by T@T

Friken Chinese, first CP and now the American government.

Plus that time I got take shoes off eBay. Damn!

[Itse]

...but don't worry, all that personal information we've gathered on all of you is perfectly safe.

[nik-]

Hey US, if you haven't done anything wrong you have no reason to worry.

[AcGold]

I predicted this 5 months ago, this exact same thing. With the current fervor in culture about cyber security it was clear there would be a China/US cyber conflict soon.

[Jason14h]

I predicted this 5 months ago, this exact same thing. With the current fervor in culture about cyber security it was clear there would be a China/US cyber conflict soon.

How did the FBI not hire you with predications as bold as this

[AcGold]

Because I wasn't the only one predicting it most likely. In January the media was absolutely saturated with information about cyber security and US/China cyber attacks that it just seemed obvious a major cyber attack would happen or atleast that one would be in the news.

[Oil Stain]

Originally Posted by flameswin

Oh hey America, doesn't feel good when the shoes on the other foot, eh?

I don't think we should be celebrating this.

China is much worse than the USA.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

I don't think we should be celebrating this.

China is much worse than the USA.

When talking about government espionage, quite unlikely. It's the internet equivalent of al-Qaeda vs. ISIS.

[polak]

Only WE can spy on our own people!

[Fire of the Phoenix]

I feel for the thousands of people that had their personal information stolen, regardless if the US government are a bunch of dicks or not. Whatever your personal politics are, I think China would be more likely to sell the info to a nefarious third party (someone who would steal actual money from the victims) than the US would ever be. Plenty of innocent people just got mixed into this and people are basically laughing about it.

[Fire of the Phoenix]

Originally Posted by nik-

Hey US, if you haven't done anything wrong you have no reason to worry.

What does this even mean? 4m+ people just had their personal information stolen and possibly millions more, and you're going off on the US government's morality as if any of these 4m people can do a damn thing about it. Stealing government secrets would be one thing, but this is probably some scheme to steal money/sell opportunity than it is anything else.

Not sure why China should be applauded, they're one of the worst governments on the planet, they should receive vitriol and derision from everyone and never be given the benefit of the doubt in virtually any situation. I hate the US government as much as most do, but they are definitely the lesser of the evils when compared to most of the rest of the world, especially places like China.

[Finger Cookin]

This is just a distraction so that Decima Technologies can continue to operate in the shadows.

[Huntingwhale]

Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix

I hate the US government as much as most do, but they are definitely the lesser of the evils when compared to most of the rest of the world, especially places like China.

The US government the lesser of the evils! That's funny.

[jammies]

Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix

What does this even mean?

It's sarcastic irony. You know, referencing the oft-heard law enforcement meme that if you don't have anything illegal to hide, why are you concerned about your privacy?