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The OPM Data Breach [pdf]

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Re: The OPM Data Breach [pdf]

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Ah yes, when they themselves are affected, suddenly there is a 230 page report. Meanwhile you sure as hell can't, you know, get an actual post mortem when they bomb an Afghani hospital.

I don't know if "suddenly" is the most accurate word. This attack originated in May 2014 and was identified sometime in mid 2015. https://www.opm.gov/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-incidents/

Re: The OPM Data Breach [pdf]

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post #6

Ah yes, when they themselves are affected, suddenly there is a 230 page report. Meanwhile you sure as hell can't, you know, get an actual post mortem when they bomb an Afghani hospital.

I don't know if "suddenly" is the most accurate word. This attack originated in May 2014 and was identified sometime in mid 2015. https://www.opm.gov/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-incidents/

That is light speed as far as the government is concerned.

You couldn't get an FOIA answered in that time period.

Re: The OPM Data Breach [pdf]

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Ah yes, when they themselves are affected, suddenly there is a 230 page report. Meanwhile you sure as hell can't, you know, get an actual post mortem when they bomb an Afghani hospital.

"they"

> As the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, we will work with our colleagues in the minority to exercise effective oversight over the federal government and will work proactively to investigate and expose waste, fraud, and abuse.

Have you tried asking them nicely?

Re: The OPM Data Breach [pdf]

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This isn't the "official postmortem". It's the official report of the GOP-led House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. It's a partisan political document.

A better title:

Republican House Oversight Report On OPM Data Breach.

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