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Breach at U.S. government contractor affected at least 25,000 workers

23

Aug

2014

By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) – A cyber attack at a company that performs background checks for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security compromised data of at least 25,000 government workers, and that number could rise, an agency official said on Friday. The official told Reuters that DHS plans to notify approximately 25,000 employees that […]

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U.S. Homeland Security hit by cyber attack

07

Aug

2014

A company that performs background checks for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday it was the victim of a cyber attack, adding in a statement that “it has all the markings of a state-sponsored attack.”

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US contractor firm that vetted Snowden suffers major breach; data likely snatched

07

Aug

2014

A major contractor of the US Dept. of Homeland Security suffers a major breach, months after it was accused of faking hundreds of thousands of background checks.

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