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Massive Cyber Attack Hits U.s. Federal Workers, Probe Focuses On China

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An illustration picture shows projection of binary code on man holding aptop computer in WarsawBy Matt Spetalnick and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hackers broke into U.S. government computers, possibly compromising the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees, and investigators were probing whether the culprits were based in China, U.S. officials said on Thursday. In the latest in a string of intrusions into U.S. agencies' high-tech systems, the Office of Personnel Management suffered what appeared to be one of the largest breaches of information ever on government workers. A U.S. law enforcement source told Reuters a "foreign entity or government" was believed to be behind the cyber attack.




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