China’s hack exposed 21.5 million Americans

Mark Matassa Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>China’s hack exposed 21.5 million Americans</h1>
                <h2><p>It was even worse than they thought. The latest estimate is that the “colossal breach of government computer systems,” as The New York Times puts it, compromised the personal information of 21.5 million Americans, and not just government workers. The Office of Personnel Management said two related hacks stole</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mmatassa-mac-com/">Mark Matassa</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>It was even worse than they thought. The latest estimate is that the<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/us/office-of-personnel-management-hackers-got-data-of-millions.html?hp=&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org"> “colossal breach of government computer systems,”</a> as <em>The New York Times</em> puts it, compromised the personal information of 21.5 million Americans, and not just government workers. The Office of Personnel Management said two related hacks stole Social Security numbers, fingerprints, addresses and financial history.</p>
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It was even worse than they thought. The latest estimate is that the “colossal breach of government computer systems,” as The New York Times puts it, compromised the personal information of 21.5 million Americans, and not just government workers. The Office of Personnel Management said two related hacks stole Social Security numbers, fingerprints, addresses and financial history.

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