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http://news.yahoo.com/union-says-federal-workers-fell-victim-hackers-071851098--politics.htmlThe forms authorities believed may have been stolen en masse, known as Standard Form 86, require applicants to fill out deeply personal information about mental illnesses, drug and alcohol use, past arrests and bankruptcies. They also require the listing of contacts and relatives, potentially exposing any foreign relatives of U.S. intelligence employees to coercion. Both the applicant's Social Security number and that of his or her cohabitant is required.
"In a statement, the White House said that on June 8, investigators concluded there was "a high degree of confidence that ... systems containing information related to the background investigations of current, former and prospective federal government employees, and those for whom a federal background investigation was conducted, may have been exfiltrated."
"This tells the Chinese the identities of almost everybody who has got a United States security clearance," said Joel Brenner, a former top U.S. counterintelligence official. "That makes it very hard for any of those people to function as an intelligence officer. The database also tells the Chinese an enormous amount of information about almost everyone with a security clearance. That's a gold mine. It helps you approach and recruit spies.
More at the link. Personally, I find it hilariously convenient that they are now fear mongering that China and Russia cracked the encryption on Snowden's files, but this wasn't mentioned until 7:30pm last night.
marym625
(17,997 posts)They're hacked and that's Snowden's fault? Huh?
It's a massive fuck up by our own intelligence apparatuses. Note that the story about the claim that Russians and Chinese had decrypted the documents came out *after* that one.
It smells like a deflection, or worse, an attempt to blame a massive breech on Snowden.
The Russians and Chinese wouldn't, if they operated like every other intelligence agency in every other country in the world, admit to decrypting those documents - that would be giving away an advantage.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Here we go. The anti freedom core come to snicker at fake news
bananas
(27,509 posts)Last edited Sun Jun 14, 2015, 01:01 AM - Edit history (1)
edit to fix link:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1117382
marym625
(17,997 posts)Last edited Sun Jun 14, 2015, 01:12 AM - Edit history (1)
I may just be too tired, but what is relevant about your link? My apologies for not being on top of it tonight
bananas
(27,509 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)was driving bananas
marym625
(17,997 posts)daredtowork
(3,732 posts)Thanks for noting this!
I can't seem to blink without losing respect for the US govt.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)is the Snowden hack? Got to have someone to blame for it.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)responsibility for any wrong-doing if Clapper and Alexander are any example to go by.
marym625
(17,997 posts)As two years ago.
Two choices there.
Either that's wrong and what Snowden had has zero to do with this
Or shame on the US government
blackspade
(10,056 posts)exactly
marym625
(17,997 posts)Too bad the anti Snowden people can't figure it out.
Sad. Really fucking sad.
I hate what has happened and I hope that all those compromised because of it are safe. But it's the US government's fault if they're not, and no one else's