Posted on 06/29/2015 12:22:00 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Three weeks after U.S. authorities determined foreign hackers may have stolen sensitive government records tied to tens of millions of people, the Office of Personnel Management has now shut down a system tied to the breach, essentially bringing to a halt the way federal agencies have conducted background checks for years.
According to an "alert" posted on OPM's website today, the Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing system -- or “e-QIP” -- "will be down for an extended period of time for security enhancements.”
In a subsequent news release, OPM called it a "temporary suspension" that "will ensure our network is as secure as possible for the sensitive data with which OPM is entrusted.”
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Ol’ Bow Ma
So now they don’t have to check background at all!
Great excuse to distribute government positions to the criminally inclined O constituents. A side effect, or a plan?
Does this affect background checks for gun purchases?
it’s either unfixable, or it has been altered. the chinese had access to the thing for a year. they could have done anything to it they wanted to.
Barn door, horse, cows.
Dear zooker,
No, it is not the NCIS FBI gun background check system.
It was the electronic employment verification system they were talking about.
Not to mention, all the information on EVERY federal employee, working, separated, or retired, since 1985, that has been hacked.
(which includes me.)
Let’s see. The system by which the Hussein administration COULD have conducted background checks on Muslim terrorists is now non-functioning.
How conveeenient!
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