Put up the firewalls.

The article focuses on a June 4, 2015 report by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management that revealed around four million personal records of current and former federal employees had been hacked, possibly by a group connected to the Chinese government. It states the information might include job ass...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Economist Vol. 415; no. 8942; p. 29
Format:	Article
Published:	Economist Newspaper Limited 6/13/2015
Subjects:	United States. Office of Personnel Management Job performance Computer hacking Federal employees (U.S.) Computer access control Social security numbers
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article focuses on a June 4, 2015 report by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management that revealed around four million personal records of current and former federal employees had been hacked, possibly by a group connected to the Chinese government. It states the information might include job assignments, training information, performance ratings, and Social Security numbers. It comments on the vulnerability of U.S. government records due to the failure to use common authentication systems.