Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach

Both breaches involving the FBI and the DMDC mirror similar thefts of government personnel records in the past. In 2015, a breach of the U.S. government’s human resources department, known as the Office of Personnel Management, was broadly attributed to China. The theft allowed the hackers to steal the private records of more than 22 million U.S. government employees, many of whom had security clearances.

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