Someone stole network access security credential in April 2014.
They planted a bug at some point and started siphoning off background check data in July 2014.
They made a huge download in December 2014.
They didn’t get caught so they kept going.
No one noticed a thing until April 2015.
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Summary - they were inside for a full year before they were cut off. And according to reports we still don’t know how they stole the credentials they used to plant the bugs.
Result: massive system failure allowing sensitive background data on 20+ million persons subject to security clearance.
sooo why is this all about what they stole rather then say... what they could have put in....
How many Chinese agents now have Top secret clearances on record?
Thanks.
And it was a chinese contractor? That is the rumor or statement... I can never tell which is which these days.