Heated House Hearing Offers New Clues Into How Hackers Broke Into OPM Networks

Nextgov: Attackers made far greater headway into federal personnel systems than was first disclosed by the government, gaining a foothold across an entire multiagency data center and striking a second system holding investigative data on employees with access to U.S. secrets.

These revelations surfaced during a heated House hearing Tuesday attended by Obama administration officials representing the Office of Personnel Management, the White House and the departments of Interior and Homeland Security.

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