Millions of federal employees’ personal info stolen. Source article on CNN.com Create your own user feedback survey US officials say nearly every government agency was hacked. Personal information of 4 million federal employees was stolen. Investigators say the breach was traced to China. Officials claim China is building a database of Americans’ info. The breach didn’t affect uniformed military personnel. …
White House Hacked
Russian hackers access unclassified systems. Russian hackers first breached the US State Department in ‘14. The hackers have “owned” the State Dep’t network for months. The FBI is still struggling to eliminate them from the system. From the State Dep’t, hackers then accessed the White House. Investigators believe they used an email “phishing” scam. “Phishing” is when hackers pose as …
NSA Hacks SIM Cards
NSA/GCHQ stole millions of SIM cards’ encryption keys. The GCHQ is Britain’s NSA. Your phone’s SIM card contains a secret encryption key. Your carrier/provider also has that same encryption key. To connect, your SIM and provider check that they keys match. If they do, all communication between them is encrypted. Carriers like Verizon, AT&T do not make their own SIM …
Hackers Steal Medical Data
4.5 million SSNs, DOBs, and more stolen Community Health Systems has been hacked. Chinese hackers took data from 4.5 million patients. Data stolen: SSNs, DOBs, addresses, phone numbers. They did not taken medical history or credit card info. This impacts patients in the last 5 years and any referrals to CHS. CHS will notify patients affected by the breach. CHS also …