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Government security breach by Anonymous - scope unknown

Anonymous hackers have secretly accessed U.S. government computers in multiple agencies.

11/17/2013 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Government security breach by Anonymous - scope unknown

Clip: 11/17/2013 | 2m 45s

Anonymous hackers have secretly accessed U.S. government computers in multiple agencies.

Joseph Menn of Reuters reports on the story he helped break about how activist hackers linked to the collective known as Anonymous have secretly accessed U.S. government computers in multiple agencies and stolen sensitive information. The FBI has acknowledged the breach. Menn says the campaign began almost a year ago and its scope is not yet known.

11/17/2013 | Rating NR

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