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'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees

817 points · 614 comments · spenvo

  1. tencentshill · · focus · HN ↗
    Well that's a big one.

    Perhaps firing expertise and hiring incompetents wasn't a good idea.

    1. rayiner · · focus · HN ↗
      Doesn’t seem new. Do you remember the 2015 OPM hack? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;2015_Office_of_Personnel_Management_data_breach" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;2015_Office_of_Personnel_Manag.... My data got leaked in that.
      1. consumer451 · · focus · HN ↗
        Was that the one where due to political grand-standing, we had a government shutdown that led to furloughing the contractors who worked on security, so no one was watching the dashboard? Or was that a different one?
        1. sneak · · focus · HN ↗
          I’m not sure that breaches are prevented by “watching the dashboard”, but what do I know?
          1. consumer451 · · focus · HN ↗
            This feels like a lifetime ago, but IIRC evidence of on-going exfil was apparently presented to users who were no longer working.
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