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OPM Breach: Two Waves Of Attacks Likely Connected, Congressional Probe Concludes
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lorraine89
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lorraine89,
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9/30/2016 | 9:59:59 AM
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It is great that congressional probe has been carried out and issues of such stature must be discussed with higher based authorities. It is also important for users to encrypt their data and also deploy vpn server, purevpn, to access the web freely. 
Jon M. Kelley
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Jon M. Kelley,
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9/13/2016 | 5:54:31 PM
Monks?
Quote from the above story:

"Of the 19.7 million individuals who had applied for the background checks, 1.1 million had their fingerprint scans exposed as well. The remaining 1.8 million people affected by the breach were spouses or other members of the applicants' households."

 

Do the math.  The above qoute shows that people with clearances live & with the help of OPM die alone.  Since ex-spouses & ex-significant others & children are on your report forever, most people with clearances never had a significant relationship, much less a child. 

So, it's no wonder our government is having great trouble attracting people to get cleared, they are a dying breed.

 

 


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