OPM Hack Much Worse than Initially Reported : Sarah Fisher

OPM Hack Much Worse than Initially Reported : Sarah Fisher

Sources tell ABC News that the Office of Personnel Management hack was "far deeper and potentially more problematic" than initially acknowledged.  http://abcnews.go.com/ABCNews/opm-hack-deeper-publicly-acknowledged-undetected-year-sources/story?id=31689059

"If [only] they knew the full extent of it," one U.S. official said about those affected by the intrusion into the Office of Personnel Management's information systems.

It all started with an initial intrusion into OPM's systems more than a year ago, and after gaining that initial access the hackers were able to work their way through four different "segments" of OPM's systems, according to sources.

The OPM assured the public that the compromised information did not include friends and family of government employees. "Family members of employees were not affected by this breach," OPM says on its website.

But anonymous sources are challenging the government's claims. The sources told ABC News "Of utmost concern are U.S. employees stationed overseas, including in countries such as China, whose government would covet personal information on relatives and contacts of American officials living in the communist country, according to officials."                                      http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/opm-hack-much-worse-initially-reported