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Report: Energy Department Forewarned About Major Data Hack
Before computer attackers breached Energy Department personnel systems in July, federal inspectors had been warning officials for years about unencrypted sensitive data and urging them to fix application vulnerabilities — failings that ultimately would lead to the hack of sensitive information on 104,179 individuals, according to a Nextgov review of annual cybersecurity evaluations.
An inspector general special report issued Friday determined that the inability to fix known entry points for hackers made possible a July intrusion into the DOE Employee Data Repository, or DOEInfo, the main Rolodex of records on employees, relatives and contractors. The outsiders stole names, Social Security numbers, banking information, and password questions and answers, among other personal data. Read more...
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