US Homeland Security contractor victim of 'state-sponsored' cyber attack

Danny Palmer
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Information about government employees may have been stolen by hackers

A contractor who performs background checks for the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has admitted it's likely to have lost information about government employees after suffering ...

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