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Second OPM Hack Confirmed

Tuesday, June 30th, 2015

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A separate intrusion into the networks of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was confirmed by the White House on June 15.OPM announced that while investigating the first intrusion that compromised records of current and former federal employees additional systems were compromised.“These systems included those that contain information related to the background investigations of current, former, and prospective federal government employees, as well as other individuals for whom a federal background investigation was conducted,” OPM said in a statement.OPM explained…

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