The OPM Data Breach & Its Consequences

Somewhat unusual post, in that you should start here:

https://www.isegoria.net/2021/03/days-of-work-led-to-the-decision-to-do-nothing-at-all/comment-page-1/#comment-3373442

and read all of the comments by “Kirk”.

Background:

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3318238/the-opm-hack-explained-bad-security-practices-meet-chinas-captain-america.html

https://www.opm.gov/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-incidents/

https://www.lawfareblog.com/why-opm-hack-far-worse-you-imagine

https://republicans-oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/The-OPM-Data-Breach-How-the-Government-Jeopardized-Our-National-Security-for-More-than-a-Generation.pdf

No biggie.

Just the raw material for all flavors of compromise against every Fed employee backgrounded after 2000.

Anyway, that was more than five years ago.

Let it go.