Jun 24 Officials blame each other over recent hack into U.S. government personnel records By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Finger-pointing burst into the open on Capitol Hill Wednesday over blame for hacking into the U.S. government's personnel records, which the chairman of a House oversight committee said might affect as many as 32 million current and former employees and… Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch 5:23 News Wrap: Lawmakers reprimand Personnel Chief over data breach By PBS News Hour In our Tuesday news wrap, lawmakers chastised the Federal Personnel Chief over congressional data breaches, the St. Louis Cardinals are being investigated by the FBI for allegedly hacking the Houston Astros’ computers and a fierce tropical storm hits Texas. Continue watching
Jun 11 Union: Hackers have personal data, including SS numbers, on every fed employee By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee, a government worker union said Thursday, saying that the cyber theft of U.S. employee information was more damaging than the Obama administration has acknowledged. Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch 6:01 News Wrap: Hackers break into federal personnel office By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, suspected Chinese hackers reportedly broke into the Interior Department as well as the office that handles security clearances. Data for 4 million people may have been compromised. Also, at least 150 people were killed in… Continue watching