The U.S. and Global Security Review - Blog by Michael Novakhov

Chinese Cyber-Thieves Hack FBI in Dangerous Breach Wednesday June 24 th , 2015  at  11:36 PM Newsweek 1 Share U.S. Chinese hackers have in recent months penetrated an untold number of FBI agents’ personnel files, Newsweek  has learned, in a breach with potentially dangerous national security implications. The FBI, along with the Department of Homeland Security, is not only responsible for investigating the massive breach  of federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) computers by suspected Chinese cyber-thieves, which was  reported  earlier this month, but is principally responsible for detecting domestic terrorist plots and foreign spies. The extent of the FBI penetration, reported here for the first time, is unknown. An FBI spokesman referred an inquiry to OPM, which has said 4 million federal employee files were breached. James Trainor, acting assistant director for the FBI's cyber division, said at a fiery congressional hearing W