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Oversight report goes behind scenes of OPM hack
2016-09-11
[Federal Times] WASHINGTON -- It was time to purge the hacker from the U.S. government's computers.

After secretly monitoring the hacker's online movements for months, officials worried he was getting too close to critical information, so they devised a plan, called the "Big Bang," to expel him.

Trouble was, with all their attention focused in that case, they missed the other hacker entirely.
Um. Guys?
A congressional report provides previously undisclosed details and a behind-the-scenes chronology of one of the worst-ever cyberattacks on the United States. It lays out missed opportunities before the break-in at the Office of Personnel Management exposed security clearances, background checks and fingerprint records.
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