Over four million current and former federal employees from almost every government agency has had their personal information stolen by Chinese hackers per CNN.
U.S. officials are saying this could be the biggest breach ever of government computers.Victims are being warned to watch their personal accounts and finance statements.
Government officials are assessing the hack and they said it is entirely possible millions more government employees may have been affected.
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Investigators believe they can trace the breach back to the Chinese government. It is thought China and their military are compiling a massive database of American, intelligence and our military weapons.
In response the Chinese government essentially said “prove it.” One of their spokesmen from the Chinese Embassy in Washington said:
Cyberattacks conducted across countries are hard to track, and therefore the source of attacks is difficult to identify. Jumping to conclusions and making hypothetical accusation is not responsible and counterproductive.
Sensitive data has been compromised as well. Employees of the legislative and judicial branches as well as uniformed military personnel were not affected.
The FBI is currently investigating what led to the beach.
They released the following statement:
My question is: who is protecting the database and why are they doing such a bad job at it? I guess Obama hired the same company he used to run Healthcare.gov.We take all potential threats to public and private sector systems seriously and will continue to investigate and hold accountable those who pose a threat in cyberspace.