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This is just one SF-86. China already has the entire database of all SF-86s[1]. Officials said hackers accessed not only personnel records of current and f
by panarky 11y ago
This is just one SF-86. China already has the entire database of all SF-86s[1].
Officials said hackers accessed not only personnel records
of current and former employees but also extensive information
about friends, relatives and others listed as references in
applications for security clearances for some of the most
sensitive jobs in government.
"It is a very big deal from a national security perspective
and from a counterintelligence perspective," FBI Director James
B. Comey said at a meeting with reporters Thursday at the FBI
headquarters. "It's a treasure trove of information about everybody
who has worked for, tried to work for, or works for the United
States government."
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/07/09/hack-of-security-clearance-system-affected-21-5-million-people-federal-authorities-say/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/07/0...
- 001sky 11y agosee the last sentence of my comment
- Phlarp 11y agoThe CIA keeps it's own personnel records, so as I understand it, this SF86 form is a new addition to the previously hacked OPM records. Not sure if CIA held SF86's are considered classified, but even if they are I suspect we won't see anyone, let alone a director, prosecuted for having a copy of their own "classified" employment questionnaires.