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

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jacobgold · 1790110395 · focus · HN ↗
At this point, no one seems capable of keeping a large database safe. I assume all medical and biographical information that exists is in the hands of the major state actors.
China hacked 22.1 million records of US government employees:
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Office_of_Personnel_Management_data_breach" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Office_of_Personnel_Manag...
1. titzer · 1790111379 · focus · HN ↗
  And the city wonders why I don't want to put my credit card info in their crappy parking app and would instead prefer to put a quarter into the meter for 30 mins.
  1. MrDrMcCoy · 1790115609 · focus · HN ↗
    That what services that offer disposable and merchant-locked virtual cards are for. I have had good experiences with Privacy.com and Revolut.
    SoftTalker · 1790135274 · focus · HN ↗
    And how do you pay them? And how secure are their systems.
    rnhmjoj · 1790140560 · focus · HN ↗
    > And how secure are their systems.
    Not much, Revolut just got tricked by hackers into giving out customer information: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49682087">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49682087

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