One of the biggest hacks in history that targeted the government of USA (Office of Personnel Management or OPM) appears to be more extensive than authorities had estimated.
Σύμφωνα με την Wall Street Journal, οι hackers – που οι Αμερικανοί αξιωματούχοι πιστεύουν ότι εργάζονταν για την Κίνα- ήταν σε θέση να έχουν access in 19.700.000 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) accounts. Each of these accounts includes a lot of personal data.
The number is much higher than previous estimates that "only" 4,2 million files were leaked.
Worst of all, however, is that each account includes information about spouses, children, and social security numbers.
The Associated Press reports that 21.500.000 may have leaked social security numbers.
The hackers hijacked 2014's 2015 network, but the violation was revealed in April XNUMX.
The WSJ reports that leaked accounts were not stored in encrypted form.
