WORLD VIEW: SPECULATION GROWS ABOUT CHINA’S PURPOSE IN GIANT GOVERNMENT HACKING BREACH

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Breitbart:

Speculation grows about China’s purpose in giant government hacking breach

 

Chinese hackers are suspected in a massive breach compromising the computers at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Department of the Interior. The personal information of 4 million U.S. current and former federal employees were compromised in the breach. The OPM is the human resources department for the federal government, and so every government agency is potentially affected. The data goes back to 1985.

 

As usual, the Chinese feigned outrage at anyone who could suspect them of such a thing, and complained that any such accusation would be “irresponsible and unscientific.”

 

The perpetrators are believed to be the same Chinese hackers behind the Anthem health insurance data breach in March, where 80 million current and former customers of Blue Cross Blue Shield plans had their personal information compromised, including birthdates, addresses, and social security numbers.

 

Assuming that the Chinese are the perpetrators, questions are being raised about what they are planning to do with all this data. The Chinese now have a massive data base of detailed personal information on tens or hundreds of millions of Americans. What are they going to do with this?

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Thirty years of info. Hack to the future?