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Officials: Chinese had access to U.S. security clearance data for one year
The Washington Post's Federal Eye ^ | June 18, 2015 | Ellen Nakashima

Posted on 06/18/2015 9:10:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The recently disclosed breach of the Office of Personnel Management’s security-clearance computer system took place a year ago, giving Chinese government intruders access to sensitive data for a year, according to new information.

The considerable lag time between breach and discovery means that the adversary had more time to pull off a cyber-heist of consequence, said Stewart Baker, a former National Security Agency general counsel.

“The longer you have to exfiltrate the data, the more you can take,” he said. “If you’ve got a year to map the network, to look at the file structures, to consult with experts and then go in and pack up stuff, you’re not going to miss the most valuable files.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: china; databreach; impeachnow; irs; loislerner
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Remember: President Nixon had to resign to avoid impeachment for much less than Mr. Obama or Mrs. Clinton do in a long weekend.
1 posted on 06/18/2015 9:10:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Democrat corruption and stupidity doesn’t count.


2 posted on 06/18/2015 9:14:16 PM PDT by Ronin (Blackface or bolt-ons, it's the same fraud. - Norm Lenhart)
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But perhaps to some federal drones it's now personal!
3 posted on 06/18/2015 9:16:07 PM PDT by null and void (I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Remember when Presidents fired people over gross incompetence like this, and the opposing side started investigations into this kind of gross incompetence and secuirty failures?

Remember when those that “serve” actually gave a sh1t about their fellow citizens they work for?


4 posted on 06/18/2015 9:17:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Most UnTransparent and Most Corrupt administration ever in U.S. history. That’s a fact.


5 posted on 06/18/2015 9:21:28 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Wow! Making personal data of millions of Americans available to the Chi-Coms.. first our corporate technology, know how, and billions of dollars of investments.. now this! That's really free tradin'.

Are they sure it's simply as described.. just a little something they let slide..

and not that IT work was outsourced to Red China or H1-B contractors from Red China got contracts in Washington?

6 posted on 06/18/2015 9:23:35 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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people are overlooking a pretty terrifying possibility. if they had access to those systems for a YEAR, they may not have merely stolen data. they may have altered data, in which case the second or third most significant database in the entire federal government is complete crap.

think about that one for a minute.


7 posted on 06/18/2015 9:24:36 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: jsanders2001
Most UnTransparent and Most Corrupt administration ever in U.S. history. That’s a fact.

I dunno. Seems pretty transparent to the ChiComms...

8 posted on 06/18/2015 9:28:34 PM PDT by okie01
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

One year and counting.


9 posted on 06/18/2015 9:29:20 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; ...

Active Duty ping.


10 posted on 06/18/2015 9:37:49 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Secret Agent Man
Remember when Presidents fired people over gross incompetence like this, and the opposing side started investigations into this kind of gross incompetence and secuirty failures?

Remember when those that “serve” actually gave a sh1t about their fellow citizens they work for?

Recent Democrat administrations are famous for their inattention to security.

Neither Clinton nor Obama and their staffs seemed to attach any importance to it.

Remember Hazel O'Leary, the incompetent who served as Secretary of Energy under Clinton? Recall that she changed all the badges at Los Alamos to the same color so there would be no "discrimination"?

11 posted on 06/18/2015 9:44:11 PM PDT by okie01
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To: JohnBrowdie

So you think the OPM holds all the JPAS data and that is the only place it is kept? Does OPM store DoD data?


12 posted on 06/18/2015 9:51:21 PM PDT by superfries
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nothing that Infosys or Wipro can’t fix, right? Because the US has a shortage of “qualified” IT workers. That pesky free trade bites you in the ass yet again.


13 posted on 06/18/2015 9:54:05 PM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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This could be even worse than you think.

Not only could the Chinese compromise lots of people, and gain lots of secret information, the right cyber attacks could transfer the personal wealth of all these employees to the Chinese government.

Think for a minute what transferring even 50% of the total personal wealth of all the highest paid employees of the United States to China would do. How much material would it buy? How many fighters? How many missiles?


14 posted on 06/18/2015 10:18:49 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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I dunno. Seems pretty transparent to the ChiComms...

You have a point.


15 posted on 06/18/2015 10:19:15 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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Officials: Chinese had access to U.S. security clearance data for one year
The Washington Post's Federal Eye ^ | June 18, 2015 | Ellen Nakashima

The recently disclosed breach of the Office of Personnel Management’s security-clearance computer system took place a year ago, giving Chinese government intruders access to sensitive data for a year, according to new information.

The considerable lag time between breach and discovery means that the adversary had more time to pull off a cyber-heist of consequence, said Stewart Baker, a former National Security Agency general counsel.

“The longer you have to exfiltrate the data, the more you can take,” he said. “If you’ve got a year to map the network, to look at the file structures, to consult with experts and then go in and pack up stuff, you’re not going to miss the most valuable files.”

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"It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect his country from its government."
-Thomas Paine

16 posted on 06/18/2015 10:35:13 PM PDT by LucyT
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Does OPM store DoD data?

I believe they do.

At least, that's what their email told me.

I'm a DOD employee (no sense denying that, and exposing it online for all to see, since they've already got my stuff)

By 'stuff' I mean everywhere I've ever lived, all my relatives and their birth dates, places of birth, all my references for security clearances with addresses, maiden names, passport numbers, bank accounts, work history, in some cases birth certificate numbers.

If it applies, all divorce records, court things, traffic tickets, adoption records, inheritances, associations, and I don't know what all.

They're all in what the ChiComs were rooting around in for over a year.

Every one of my closest friends and relatives are now vulnerable to every bit of scams, phishing, cold calls, blackmail, you name it.

By being associated with the USG, everyone I know is now vulnerable.

And they're vulnerable for longer than the 18 month "free" identity theft service provided by the lowest bidder government contract service.

17 posted on 06/18/2015 10:45:32 PM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If one considered this from the perspective of a battle in a war and i think its an apt comparison, then i have to admit this was a disaster. Time will tell if its our Waterloo.


18 posted on 06/19/2015 12:36:00 AM PDT by wiggen (#JeSuisCharlie)
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To: JohnBrowdie

And i will post for the 3rd time this is most likely about putting spies in place with perfect backgrounds.


19 posted on 06/19/2015 12:37:28 AM PDT by wiggen (#JeSuisCharlie)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No one can possibly be this stupid. Someone or some people got some millions deposited in offshore accounts for their traitorous actions here. Giving ChiComs access to the Federal employees database for one year.

Mao-Tse-Tung ___ BEAM ME UP!!!


20 posted on 06/19/2015 12:42:15 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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