June 12, 2015 at 10:36 pm
#41780
“In what Rep Mike Rogers called “the mother of all spear-phishing attacks,” AP reports a second cyberattack linked to China appears to have gained access to the sensitive background information submitted by intelligence and military personnel for security clearances, according to several U.S. officials. Coming on the same day as the US Senate failed to pass a cyber-security shield bill and China’s urhging US to reduce military activities in The South China Sea, ‘anonymous’ official sources noted this second cyberbreach of federal records could dramatically compound the potential damage.”