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Katherine Archuleta
Katherine Archuleta, Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Archuleta
She was the director of the United States Office of Personnel Management. President Barack Obama appointed her on May 23, 2013. She was sworn in on November 4, 2013. […] She became embroiled in controversy after the disclosure of a massive national security breach in June 2015. The hack involved the theft of millions of federal employee records and included security-clearance details dating back 15 years, which prompted lawmakers from both political parties to demand that she resign. On July 10, 2015, Archuleta tendered her resignation.
The OPM Hack and Obama’s Politicization of the Federal Bureacracy,
NR June 29, 2015
https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/06/opm-hack-katherine-archuleta-obama-administration-politicized-federal-government/
By now, it’s clear that hackers — believed to be tied to the Chinese government – stole files from the Office of Personnel Management that amount to a giant “how to blackmail anyone in the federal government” manual. This was America’s “cyber 9/11,” exposing an administration full of true believers in the expansion of government who can’t handle the most basic tasks of secret-keeping.
China’s Hack Just Wrecked American Espionage,
DB 06.15.15
https://www.thedailybeast.com/chinas-hack-just-wrecked-american-espionage
It's tough enough to be an undercover spy in the age of the Internet. China's hack of American personnel files just made it much, much harder.
Officials: Second hack exposed military and intel data,
APN Jun. 12, 2015
https://apnews.com/d842d757851b4a59aca2aecf2f31995a/union-says-all-federal-workers-fell-victim-hackers
The forms authorities believed may have been stolen en masse, known as Standard Form 86, require applicants to fill out deeply personal information about mental illnesses, drug and alcohol use, past arrests and bankruptcies. They also require the listing of contacts and relatives, potentially exposing any foreign relatives of U.S. intelligence employees to coercion. Both the applicant’s Social Security number and that of his or her cohabitant is required.
How Much Worse Can the China Data Hacking Get?
NR June 12, 2015
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/how-much-worse-can-china-data-hacking-get-patrick-brennan/
Whoever now holds OPM’s records possesses something like the Holy Grail from a CI perspective. They can target Americans in their database for recruitment or influence. After all, they know their vices, every last one — the gambling habit, the inability to pay bills on time, the spats with former spouses, the taste for something sexual on the side (perhaps with someone of a different gender than your normal partner) — since all that is recorded in security clearance paperwork (to get an idea of how detailed this gets, you can see the form, called an SF86,here).
Do you have friends in foreign countries, perhaps lovers past and present? They know all about them. That embarrassing dispute with your neighbor over hedges that nearly got you arrested? They know about that too. Your college drug habit? Yes, that too. Even what your friends and neighbors said about you to investigators, highly personal and revealing stuff, that’s in the other side’s possession now.
Cybersecurity Incompetence Pervaded Obamacare’s Rollout,
NR June 17, 2015
https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/06/obama-administrations-cybersecurity-disasters-jillian-kay-melchior/
Probing the security breach at the Office of Personnel Management, the House Oversight Committee concluded Tuesday that “state sponsored and non-state sponsored hackers are aggressive, motivated, persistent, and well-funded in their attempt to breach government and commercial systems.”
Growing revelations about the Obama administration’s tech-security shortcomings could have major implications for the millions of Americans who bought health coverage online, trusting the federal government to safeguard their personal data, including Social Security numbers and financial and health information.