[E. Pluribus Unum]

Running Windows 98, no doubt.

[Blueflag]

People should be held responsible, fired, tried and convicted for this.

It’s what would happen in the private sector.

But I am an an idealist.

[Jeff F]

The implication that this was some sort of technical oversight that left the data vulnerable to some sort of hack is total BS according to congressional testimony by Department of Homeland Security officials. Instead it was due to stupidity and incompetence on such a massive scale that it is impossible to overstate.

OPM gave free access to it's databases to both a Chinese company and an Argentine company. That means that the Chinese government, at the very least, also had full access to the database and likely all OPM systems. The database contains very sensitive background information for all US Government employees including national security and intelligence employees.

In a sane world this would result in overturning the current government and jail terms for many of its operatives. Instead, virtually no one knows or cares about this issue, and almost no one understands how dangerous a matter it is for all of us.

[Cowboy Bob]

No, it shows what happens when a government favors diversity over competency.

[agere_contra]

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/epic-fail-how-opm-hackers-tapped-the-mother-lode-of-espionage-data/

[molson209]

Obama should Resign for not protecting his Employees