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Lisa Rein writes in the Washington Post that a new government review of what the Chinese hack of sensitive security clearance files of 21 million people means for national security is in — and some of the implications are quite grave. According to the Congressional Research Service, covert intelligence officers and their operations could be exposed and high-resolution fingerprints could be copied by criminals. Some suspect that the Chinese government may build a database of U.S. government employees that could help identify U.S. officials and their roles or that could help target individuals to gain access to additional systems or information. National security concerns include whether hackers could have obtained information that could help them identify clandestine and covert officers and operations (PDF).
CRS says that if the fingerprints in the background investigation files are of high enough quality, "depending on whose hands the fingerprints come into, they could be used for criminal or counterintelligence purposes." Fingerprints also could be trafficked on the black market for profit — or used to blow the covers of spies and other covert and clandestine officers, the research service found. And if they're compromised, fingerprints can't be reissued like a new credit card, the report says, making "recovery from the breach more challenging for some."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2015, @04:54PM
Indeed. What I find truly remarkable is that, somehow, your half-coherent ramblings frequently get up-modded. And, in this case, as "Insightful", no less. You wouldn't happen to be running an army of sockpuppets, would you?
(Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Thursday July 30 2015, @06:27PM
Nope, no sockpuppets, not even one, and very rarely post as AC (I guess it's between 3 and 5 times since the site got started).
I got here through the message notifications after I refreshed and read a story in an old tab (one for you and one for Takyon and Takyon's reply was the earliest) and haven't received any notification about moderation yet so since you're talking about sockpuppets I'm expecting +5 something —of course not, you're just having fun and I don't need any more points :P
You're awesome if there is no moderation yet :D
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