Congress says hacked federal agency 'failed utterly and totally' to protect data

Personal information of almost every government employee was stolen from the Office of Personnel Management, which neglected basic cybersecurity practices

The agency that allowed hackers linked to China to steal private information about nearly every US government employee and detailed personal histories of military and intelligence workers with security clearances failed for years to take basic steps to secure its computer networks, officials acknowledged to Congress on Tuesday.

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