Hackers suspected to have originated from China have accessed the personal data of at least 4 million current and former US government employees. It was not immediately clear if President Barack Obama and other senior government officials or the intelligence community were affected by the data breach. The Washington Post reported that “intruders gained access to information that included employees’ Social Security numbers, job assignments, performance ratings and training information”. The hack was described as “the largest breach of federal employee data in recent years.”
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