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In Major Humiliation, Government Admits Nearly 6 Million Fingerprints Were Stolen In OPM Hack

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What began with an alleged attempt by Kim Jong-un to sabotage Seth Rogen and James Franco for plotting to assassinate his likeness on film, and what reached peak absurdity when Penn State claimed that Chinese hacker spies had taken control of the university’s engineering department, culminated with what’s been variously described as “the largest theft of US government data ever" and an attack “so vast in scope and ambition that the usual practices for dealing with traditional espionage cases [do] not apply."

Those rather dramatic sounding characterizations refer of course to the alleged breach of the Office of Personnel Management by Chinese hackers. 

That attack compromised some 22 million government employees. For its part, Beijing initially called the accusations that the attack emanated from China “irresponsible” and “groundless.”

Amusingly, the counter-hacking system that is supposed to prevent things like this from happening is called “Einstein” and by the US government’s own admission, it’s already obsolete. Unfortunately, Congress’ now famous inability to do what they were elected to do (i.e. legislate) has left the US unable to pass a cyber security initiative that would help the US better protect itself against attacks like that which occurred on the OPM. 

In any event, cyber security was back in the spotlight (actually it never really left) last week when the US decided that slapping Chinese entities with sanctions for their alleged role in hundreds of cyber attacks on the US over the course of the last half decade was probably a bad idea ahead of a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who some analysts predicted simply would not make the trip if Washington was unwilling to do Beijing the courtesy of waiting until Xi was back in China before handing down sanctions. 

But while the Obama administration did indeed relent on the timing of the cyber sanctions, new revelations regarding the theft of “biometric ID authentication markers” (a.k.a fingerprints) look set to make Xi’s visit a bit more uncomfortable than it otherwise would have been, especially in light of comments he made in a speech in Seattle. Here’s Wired with more:

When hackers steal your password, you change it. When hackers steal your fingerprints, they’ve got an unchangeable credential that lets them spoof your identity for life. When they steal 5.6 million of those irrevocable biometric identifiers from U.S. federal employees—many with secret clearances—well, that’s very bad.

 

On Wednesday, the Office of Personnel Management admitted that the number of federal employees’ fingerprints compromised in the massive breach of its servers revealed over the summer has grown from 1.1 million to 5.6 million. OPM, which serves as a sort of human resources department for the federal government, didn’t respond to WIRED’s request for comment on who exactly those fingerprints belong to within the federal government. But OPM had previously confirmed that the data of 21.5 million federal employees was potentially compromised by the hack—which likely originated in China—and that those victims included intelligence and military employees with security clearances.

 

The revelation comes at a particularly ironic time: During the U.S. visit of Chinese president Xi Jinping, who said at a public appearance in Seattle that the Chinese government doesn’t condone hacking of U.S. targets, and pledged to partner with the U.S. to curb cybercrime.

 

“As part of the government’s ongoing work to notify individuals affected by the theft of background investigation records, the Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Defense have been analyzing impacted data to verify its quality and completeness,” reads OPM’s statement posted to its website. “During that process, OPM and [the Department of Defense] identified archived records containing additional fingerprint data not previously analyzed. Of the 21.5 million individuals whose Social Security Numbers and other sensitive information were impacted by the breach, the subset of individuals whose fingerprints have been stolen has increased from a total of approximately 1.1 million to approximately 5.6 million.”

And while the government was of course in full damage control mode, swearing that "as of now, the ability to misuse fingerprint data is limited," they better be right, because as Wired goes on to note, "the national security implications of having the fingerprints of high-level federal officials in the hands of hackers who are potentially employed by a foreign government" are far from clear. 

Now all of that assumes that a state actor is indeed behind the attack and frankly, assuming that to be true is to accept the narrative that China, Iran, and Russia have now formed a kind of cyber "Axis of Evil" and that narrative plays right into the hands of policymakers who are desperate to perpetuate the existing juxtaposition of world powers. 

What comes next we can't say but one thing seems abundantly clear: regardless of who's doing the hacking, the US government is completing inept when it comes to stopping it and on that note, we close with the following from Senator Ben Sasse:

"The American people have no reason to believe that they’ve heard the full story and every reason to believe that Washington assumes they are too stupid or preoccupied to care about cyber security."

 

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Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:30 | 6586100 coinhead
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OMG!!  HaX0rs we loves you!!

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:32 | 6586110 Publicus
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Time to reset our fingerprints. Free surgery for everyone!

 

It's only a matter of time till they start framing people using fake fingerprints.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:32 | 6586114 Newsboy
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I stole some fingerprints, but I forgot to label them.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:40 | 6586132 NoDebt
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But Senator, your bloody fingerprints were found at the scene of the murdered transvestite prostitute!

China did it.

But this is the THIRD ONE, Senator.

What can I tell you- they're really after me, those damned Chi-coms.

You are free to go.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:01 | 6586196 Gaius Frakkin' ...
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“When hackers steal your password, you change it. When hackers steal your fingerprints, they’ve got an unchangeable credential that lets them spoof your identity for life. When they steal 5.6 million of those irrevocable biometric identifiers from U.S. federal employees—many with secret clearances—well, that’s very bad.”

And when your people cheer for such incidents to put any pressure on the forced collection of biometrics, you have a catastrophic lack of moral in the homeland, if you're smart enough to recognize it or care...

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:11 | 6586265 847328_3527
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Wait until they start stealing our retinas.

 

That's gonna cause a real stir.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:19 | 6586304 nidaar
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Please do not worry. Everyhting is under our control. As your government, we are taking all necessary precautions.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 21:05 | 6586440 Future Jim
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Good enough for government work.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 21:29 | 6586498 espirit
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Another juxtaposition for E-Cash... or not.

Who's in you're wallet?

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 22:59 | 6586734 gmrpeabody
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"Wait until they start stealing our retinas."

I can't see that happening...

;-)

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:35 | 6586350 SWCroaker
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OH OH OH!   I know this one!

The correct response is "What should we all keep an eye out for, Alex?"     

I'll be here all week.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 22:01 | 6586590 MontgomeryScott
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No, I'm sorry, contestant.

 

The correct question was 'How can you tell the earliest stages of a False Flag Event by the Government?.

Now, my able young female assistant with great big firm tits and a voluptuous, smooth, sculpted ass, Miss Comeoniwannalayah, will show you the prizes that you COULD have won, had you answered correctly, using only the soft touch of her sculpted fingertips (brushing oh so softly on that new car/boat/timeshare/cruise package).

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 22:06 | 6586606 MontgomeryScott
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'SHIT!'

 

All right, Alex, I'll take 'Cloward and Piven Strategies and how they relate to Saul Alinsky' for 100.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:34 | 6586346 The Wizard
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http://www.infowars.com/fbi-merges-criminal-and-civil-fingerprint-databa... FBI Merges Criminal and Civil Fingerprint Database

Feds building huge biometric database on all citizens
Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:40 | 6586363 philipat
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Dupe, sorry bad internet connex.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:59 | 6586207 negative rates
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This gvt is about to get a BAD reputation!

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:05 | 6586236 philipat
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I wonder how many hits they found in OPM list + Security Clearance + Ashley Madison and how many have already been contacted?

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:37 | 6586349 Arnold
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You know that they've got the Apple Dumpling gang on file aready.

http://voicevault.com/seven-reasons-to-love-apples-new-biometric-touch-id/

 

What country  manufactures  Apple products again?

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:37 | 6586131 OC Sure
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"Time to reset our fingerprints."

 

Or guard them from your hip, per the 2nd?

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:06 | 6586242 Professorlocknload
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Just don't leave any prints on that hog leg.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:15 | 6586283 OC Sure
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Lol, I knew it!

 

How about, if you are right, don't ever let it go?

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:15 | 6586284 techpreist
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I have noticed that you can 3D print soft materials now... perhaps you can take some hand-scans and give yourself a second set of fingerprints with some kind of 3D printed gloves?

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 21:47 | 6586548 MontgomeryScott
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Be careful.

Your 'noticing' may soon get you in trouble.

You are directed to immediately report to your local processing center for reprogramming. You have the ability to choose your 'glove colors', and this might be construed as 'RAYCISS' (codified as a 'high crime' under the 'Obama Simpson/Fergeson Executive Order' set of laws, as described in USC, sections 51-69. 'No one, while wearing gloves, may attempt to re-create O.J. Simpson's fingerprints electronically or technologically, because O.J. Simpson is a National Football Hero; and also happens to be Negroid; and the useage of black gloves to re-create stolen fingerprints is hereby PROHIBITED).

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 08:14 | 6587323 ThanksChump
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There are an infinite number of ways to read fingerprints. This is just one of them, and arguably not the best way.

 

The real damage here is that the firmware for existing biometric scanners uses the hacked method, and that firmware is difficult, at best, to update with a new algorithm, and very few fingerprint databases contain the actual print scans (they usually just contain the values of several key areas).

 

This is expensive. Very. And a pain in the ass. A big one. But it is not disastrous.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:32 | 6586111 BullyBearish
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Since criminals are running the government why should we be surprised when they do ANYTHING criminal...these types of activities will increase with their increasing desperation...

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:52 | 6586185 doctor10
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Wait until the world finds out they back-doored in on Hillary's server!!!!

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:14 | 6586280 847328_3527
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No one would near Hillery's back door; I guarantee you!

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 23:09 | 6586763 MontgomeryScott
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What do Hillary Rodham's and Janet Yellen's front doors have in common?

 

Geflitefish odor.

In Major Humiliation, Government Admits Nearly 6 Million Fingerprints Were Stolen In OPM Hack

I didn't realize that Ohio Precious Metals had been 'hacked'.

OH, I suppose you are discussing the .gov thing (like 22 million government worthless eater maggot leech welfare-sucking parasites should be somehow 'important'). Just WAIT until 'they' hack in to the JPM EBT thing!

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, the 47/93 million 'recipients' are Mexican/OTM illegal alien nationals being 'backdoored' by the Clintons?

 

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:32 | 6586107 38BWD22
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Oh, I certainly can believe this.  .gov incompetence and/or malevolence.

Get out of the system.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:32 | 6586112 Scooby Dooby Doo
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When are the Americans going to wake up to these Israeli attacks upon their privacy?

Wake the fuck up!

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:19 | 6586133 WillyGroper
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the FarceBEye is bashing data bases now for all fingerprints.

so, even if you've never been arrested, those lil squigglies on your DL will be scanned on a daily basis along w/biometrics.

Xi is here for the amount of property/businesses he'll be allowed to collect on for the free ride we've had.

colonization.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:37 | 6586137 nmewn
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"That attack compromised some 22 million government employees."

And in the very next breath, governments are going to save the fucking planet!...lmao!

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:43 | 6586157 NoDebt
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Lower the oceans they will.  And clean all the radiation out of Fukushima in their spare time.

Magic wand, nmewn.  Magic wand.  WooooOOOOOoooooo.  Zap- all fixed.  

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:52 | 6586186 nmewn
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And the free shit for everyone...don't forget the Faaarrrreee shit!!!

It's fairy magic ;-)

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:04 | 6586228 negative rates
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And lucky for you shit is not short of supply.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:52 | 6586187 Professorlocknload
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But the IRS guy said he was here to help?

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:26 | 6586323 MontgomeryScott
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Nmewn, I'm thinking a little outside the box here.

See, the idea is to usher in implantable biometric devices as a requirement for being a human, GLOBALLY. Cashless society, 'Total information Awareness' regarding the minutae of EVERY SINGLE HUMAN, global ENSLAVEMENT and eventual ERADICATION...

SO... if I was in control of all kinds of shit (as part of the REAL Shadow Global Government) and THAT was my agenda (and I was in a high place within .gov), I would hack the Office Of Personnel Management and steal a shitload of records, and then use CERTAIN ones (which might include fingerprints) to break into OTHER 'classified' places, and make the theft a BIG one, and have my MSM comrades point it out RE: the neccesity to LEGISLATE that EVERYONE gets an implantable biometric chip (as easy as a MANDITORY FLU SHOT is to get).

For those without right hands (due to loss or deformity), a chip can be implanted just above the hairline in the scalp (the FOREHEAD). Take the chip, and everything is awesome (until they decide that you are a 'useless eater', that is). It's becoming a literal 'Prison Planet', Newmn.

Rock Wars: ON!

The O.C. (SoCal): Irvine Meadows Amphitheater; Judas Priest 'Turbo Fuel For Life' tour! FUCK! This was in the fracking 1980's! Overflow crowd, probably 100,000 plus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1B_pZC8aWU

I'm wondering about the practical applications gained by stealing FINGERPRINT records. The 'digital' stuff, no problemo.

 

 

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:42 | 6586377 nmewn
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It's not out of the box thinking at all, I checked squire head-to-toe seventeen years ago before he left the hospital.These days, I would strongly advise the at home mid-wife experience, provided it's not a complicated pregnancy ;-)

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 23:39 | 6586834 MontgomeryScott
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The last young one I did this way (MIDWIVING, THAT IS) was back in '89. As the Father, it was like nothing on Earth can describe. I delivered my beautiful youngest baby daughter, and her mother was wonderful and bright and happy... it was beyond 'beautiful'.

I checked my daughter head-to-toe before teaching her to ride her first bicycle, or sleep in a 'big' bed (without bars on it). After all, i am her DADD (and as Dadd, this is my JOB).

That was a long time ago, I suppose (as far as you are concerned). It WAS a long time ago for me, come to think of it...

It's good to know that the younger generation has not completely forsaken the natural methods and knowledge, Nmewn.

NOT BAD, IN FACT. NOT TOO BAD, AT ALL...

 

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 01:01 | 6586952 DirkDiggler11
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Great Scott:
The Turbo tour rocked. Was not near 100,000 plus you caught in CA, but I saw Priest at the Richmond Colisuem in Va. In fact, Priest was the first Metal Concert I went to, the Defenders of the Faith tour. Great White opened up for them, did a fantastic job, what a show ( not mentioning the poor souls they roasted alive in Deleware, the videos from that show are scary as hell)

Those were the days when every other weekend you could catch a big name metal act in concert. The OZZ Fest Monsters of Rock was kick as too, saw some outstanding performances from Motörhead, Pantera, Disturbed, Metallica........., I digress .....

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:38 | 6586139 Bastiat
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If only they had more money and power this wouldn't have happened!!

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 21:36 | 6586523 espirit
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@ Bastiat

 I'll never forget the...

 'Transrectal Cardiectomy'.

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 02:11 | 6587028 Kprime
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can't wait till they place a TSA agent on every front porch.  Everytime I leave I can get grouped, maybe stripped, and they can clean my wallet.  Damn, I have never felt so safe and then I won't have to worry about thugs stealing my wallet.

They should do it for the children.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:38 | 6586141 medium giraffe
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Russian trained Chinese Islamic radicals! They're everywhere, everywhere!!

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:39 | 6586368 MontgomeryScott
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The Jerusalem Post just reported this story, you know, about the Islamic radicalized Chinese trained by Putin.

They go around in pre-collapse Ladas (they can't afford Toyota pickups yet) with spoofing devices, stealing information from Stingray cell towers within the greater Alexandria, VA. area, mostly. The brave boys in Haifa reported on this story to anonymous sources deep within the NYT underground vaults, and the Jerusalem Post 'deep-cover' reporters picked up on this information.

That most DIFFICULT thing is finding a diet that they can eat, though, while 'on the job' (Pork Fried Rice and Borscht are both out). HOWEVER, the most succesful recruitment of these radicals comes within the Russian/Chinese Seventh-Day Adventist churches (Muslim division), where they are satisfied by eating Soya burgers and grass clippings.

 

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:43 | 6586382 Squid Viscous
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need some Eye-ran types involved, maybe Hezbollah too for a real Banana Split of bad guys...

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:44 | 6586158 . . . _ _ _ . . .
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Everything that can be programmed can be hacked. This is axiomatic. Whether it's drones, software, websites, or databases, eventually control WILL be lost - and even if it is just for a few minutes, that's enough. This is why privacy matters.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:26 | 6586324 Uncle Sugar
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They should have block chained the finger prints.  I've read you can't hack a block chain. 

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:45 | 6586159 OC Sure
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OT:

Something is very unusual in Futures markets this evening. 

Bid/offers myteriously light. 

What gives?

Or, What takes?

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:17 | 6586295 OC Sure
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COME ON GUYS. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT. DOES ANYONE ELSE SEE IT?

 

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:46 | 6586164 Xibalba
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Oh...this is how they intend to use our data...got it.  Long live the NSA

 

s/

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:51 | 6586179 Mr. Bones
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This is why biometrics are terrible security for any non trivial item.  Your phone is one thing, federal data is another entirely.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:52 | 6586183 My Days Are Get...
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I have lost my cool:

what a shitbag article this is.

The local police have my fingerprints - to apply for a handgun permit.

The NJ State Police have the same for the same reason.

The US Government has my fingerprints because I was a GI.

So what.

What are you going to do with them - Get a Student Loan in my name - I am 72 for Christ Sake.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:06 | 6586238 . . . _ _ _ . . .
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There are lots of younger GIs with higher clearances than you.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 21:17 | 6586467 MontgomeryScott
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Interesting factoid:

 

The first time that your 'callsign' (SOS) was used was on the night of April 14/15, 1912, when the Marconi operators on board the 'Titanic' used it. Before then, the 'callsign' was 'CQD' ('Come Quick, Distress'). They sent out BOTH, in fact ('Come Quick, Distress' and 'Save Our Souls'). A guy named Harold McBride was accredited with the first usage.

A 72-year-old G.I. (Grunt, most likely) in Jersey probably wasn't one of the guys that was targeted. Dude went and got a fracking PERMIT for a gun, FOR CHRIST"S SAKE.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:07 | 6586246 PoasterToaster
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If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.  Good little slave.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:53 | 6586410 MontgomeryScott
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Well, the old saying proves out eventually.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You're 72 years old.

You still live in New Jersey.

You VOLUNTARILY fought the Bankers' Wars in the name of 'Uncle Sam'.

You STILL think you need a 'permit' to own a PPD within the Constitutional Republic of States.

Oh, you're 72 years old. FOR THE SAKE OF CHRIST, are you EVER going to LEARN? You can't lose what you never had ('cool') in the first place.

D'ya think I can program my 3-D printer to etch these 'sworls' into a finger-sized cyber-skin finger-looking thingie to use when entering restricted areas? You BET YOUR ASS I can!

Edith's calling you, Archie.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:54 | 6586189 All Out Of Bubblegum
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I wonder if the Feds just got so tired of hacking everyone else that hacking themselves is all they had left.

 

I joke but not really.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:57 | 6586199 tiwimon
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In the end, the jokes on those that had their fingerprints stolen... 

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:05 | 6586225 Scooby Dooby Doo
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The first thing I say when the nice voice on the other end says "and what's your SSN"?

What do you need that for? Are you paying my taxes this year?

I think before 1972 it was printed on your Social Security card "never give this number to anyone".

Times have changed. Look out for this Internet thing. These guys will get you good!

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 21:06 | 6586441 MontgomeryScott
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Contact your social security office immediately if you:

>lose your card- to get a duplicate card.

>are unable to work because of a severe disability expected to last a year or more.

>are age 62 or older- to ask about retirement checks.

>are within 2 or 3 months of age 65, even if you don't plan to retire- to sign up for Medicare.

 

That's what it says on the back of MY card (that I got when I was 15, because i wanted an after-school job and my employer insisted that I get a 'number'). Of course, this was in the mid-1970's (a couple or a few years after 1972, and the President Kissinger deal with OPEC). As far as PRE-1972, you are CORRECT.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 22:28 | 6586650 Buckaroo Banzai
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...and if you're old enough, your SS card will also read:

"NOT TO BE USED FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES"

Ha. Ha.

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 03:34 | 6587076 StychoKiller
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Just give them this SSN:  388-28-8860 (Ed T. Gein) or,

567-68-0515 (R.M. Nixon)

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:58 | 6586203 CHoward
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Anytime I need something destroyed or just fucked up, I always call on my government - who better?

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:58 | 6586205 q99x2
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The "US Government" is not your government.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:59 | 6586208 Herdee
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The new title given to the Federal Government is StupidFG.Just look at Victoria PMS'd Nuland and U.S. Foreign Policy disasters.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stupid+people+do+stupid+things

Just replace "people" with the government in the videos.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 19:59 | 6586209 Professorlocknload
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"The US Government has my fingerprints because I was a GI."

Now some hacker has them,,,for sale on the street.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:00 | 6586214 My Days Are Get...
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I am more pissed off tonight and will add the following rant:

I dictate messages and emails into Google by voice - the Government has my voice print.

I have taken at least one selfie. The Government has my photos from military service and gun applications.  The Government has my facial image.

I haven't spit on their shit yet - so no saliva test.

Folks - your metrics have been entered and registered.  Your ID is not private.  Get used to it.  When you act, remember all of that.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 21:02 | 6586433 Scooby Dooby Doo
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Step 1: Prep skin with a light dust of baby powder to close pores.
Step 2: Apply the alginate.
Step 3: Apply the catalyzed silicone on top of cured alginate.
Step 4: Apply the layers of casting material.
Step 5: Slowly peal off the casting material.
Step 6: Slowly peal off the inner silicone mold.
Step 7: Put the silicone plug back into the casting and spray the alginate with PVA, let dry.
Step 8: Brush the silicone into the plug,let cure.
Step 9: Brush in a layer of fiberglass backing.
Step 10: Separate plug from part.
Step 11: Enhance part with deformity.
Step 12: Add coloring, hair, feathering to part. Check for fit.
Step 13: Apply part to skin using Ethicon adhesive around openings.

Step 14: Do stuff.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 21:05 | 6586437 Sanity Bear
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No idea if that works, and I probably doubt it does just on the basis of your inability to spell "peel" correctly, but +1 for fighting The Man anyway!

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 21:26 | 6586468 Scooby Dooby Doo
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Practass makes purrfuckt.

Try it on your girlfriends tits and use a water color brush to slowly apply the baby powder around the nipples. Her legs will be spread wide soon after.

Caveat: Make sure she has no hair there. Hair is porous and silicone will bite into it.

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 01:47 | 6587016 Kprime
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that is so 70s.  Get a 3D printer, soft silicone ink package, print.  I think I will be Obama on my next bank robbery.  Then maybe I will print up some Holder prints for my next murder.  This is gonna be a fun decade.

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 05:54 | 6587148 Scooby Dooby Doo
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Call me ok? I'm good at get-away driving.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:06 | 6586240 PoasterToaster
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Why does the "government" have any fingerprints at all?

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:43 | 6586380 Arnold
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DNA was not available.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:06 | 6586243 Teh Finn
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That attack compromised some 22 million government employees.

 

There are only ~2.8 million current civilian federal employees(AFAIK) and ~1.4 million current military personnel.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:11 | 6586261 John_Coltrane
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Apparently, they've never heard of encryption of either data or emails.  This type of thing just isn't possible if encryption is used.  Everyone should encrypt all sensitive data (bank accounts SS# etc) so that if your computer is stolen by thiefs (or confiscated by government thiefs) they've just got a bunch of scambled nonsense which will take about the age of the universe to unscramble using every computer in the world.  Just don't forget your passphrase or you'll also have nothing but scrambled nonsense yourself.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:11 | 6586262 SMC
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If only the minions really felt humiliated... 

Zero Confidence.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:12 | 6586272 Shadow1275
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Good, screw the Public Sector. Let their lives be hacked.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:17 | 6586293 Teh Finn
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Fortunately the public sector doesn't have access to our info...oh wait.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:13 | 6586277 wisebastard
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the government always down plays their fuck ups so its really alot worse

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:18 | 6586300 ozzzzo
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That's a pretty good assumption.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:19 | 6586302 22winmag
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Haha humiliation!

 

Yeah, right.

 

The time to start burying your guns and ammo is the time to dig them up.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:37 | 6586358 kaboomnomic
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Hehehe...

You guys apparently don't know this:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/30/hacker-fakes-german-mi...

Hackers ALREADY can get FINGERPRINTS from your narcissist selfies??

Now imagine a govt entity with this kind of camera ultra high resolution such as that gigapixel canon camera??

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:43 | 6586379 directaction
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Who would gain from all this data? That's the thief. 

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:44 | 6586387 Grandad Grumps
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insider ...

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 06:39 | 6587191 lakecity55
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Yes, the Insider Threat.

With the Muslim Brotherhood in High Places in .gov, I am no longer surprised about anything.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 21:34 | 6586514 insanelysane
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This movie from 1946 explored using someone else's fingerprints for framing people for crimes.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038452/

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 21:54 | 6586564 ultraticum
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Couldn't of happened to a better group of spooks folks.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 21:55 | 6586566 redd_green
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Not so bad. Could have been 7 million.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 22:43 | 6586697 TheRideNeverEnds
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oy vey!

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 21:56 | 6586569 tarabel
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The hackers have been able to match all six million fingerprints with the six million stolen SSNs.

With one exception.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 22:18 | 6586629 SeanJKerrigan
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This is NOTHING. Also included in the OEM hack was the names in the FBI's witness protection program. To call this a disaster is almost an insufficient use of the adjective.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 22:50 | 6586715 FIAT CON
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maybe the problem lies with thte 21M .gov emplyees that are not needed.

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 06:37 | 6587189 lakecity55
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Maybe the problem is the .gov is hiring affirmative action personnel who have no skills or ability.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 22:51 | 6586722 buzzy_the_pirate_dog
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Ahh the Panda's are up to it again.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 22:56 | 6586732 fowlerja
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Wow... it's going to be tougher figuring out whose finger was on the trigger..

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 23:15 | 6586745 Demdere
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If you can't protect it, don't collect it.

https://thinkpatriot.wordpress.com/2015/09/21/cant-protect-it-dont-colle...

You did notice that Snowden proved that NSA can't keep its blackmail database secret either? 

But it was a fatal mistake for NSA to go into hacker mode.

https://thinkpatriot.wordpress.com/2015/08/02/the-tactics-of-the-defense...

https://thinkpatriot.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/nsas-dilemma-and-mistake/

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 00:05 | 6586872 dogbert8
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Let's be clear on one thing:  No one in government is humiliated by these kinds of revelations.  They are now so commonplace and we are so desensitized to them that nothing this government does can rise to the level of humiliation.  A couple bureaucrats may be slightly embarrassed for 12 or 13 seconds, then they will move on to businss as usual.

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 00:30 | 6586908 Main_Sequence
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6 million eh?  That figure seems to be a recurring motif over the past 100 years...

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 00:35 | 6586912 Rock On Roger
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At least three times in the twentieth century, maybe moar?

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 01:07 | 6586957 Joe A
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Remember minority report where Tom Cruise gets the eyeballs of an Asian and when he walks into a shop the voice says something like "welcome mr. Chong"? Imagine a Chinese agent getting access with faked fingerprints to an American facility and the voice says "welcome Mr. Jones".

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 06:35 | 6587187 lakecity55
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Along with the stolen personnel data, the fingerprints can allow (in some cases) access to enemy personnel to restricted areas.

Is everyone asleep at the switch??

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 02:24 | 6587036 Kprime
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Just think.  They are well on the way to developing DNA printers.  Now that they are recording everyone's DNA soon we can steal that database.  I was going to go to Fort Knox and steal all the gold leaving Janet Yellens fingerprints and DNA.  Of course I had a V8 moment and realize she already stolen the last of the gold and sold it to CHINA to fund their hackers union.

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 06:33 | 6587185 lakecity55
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Great.

In addition to the OPM personnel hack, we have this to deal with.

Agree or disagree, this puts American lives in danger and there seems to be no cyber defense by the OPM.

It never ceases to amaze me concerning the laxity of cyber defense by the USG.

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 07:20 | 6587244 ozzzzo
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Faking fingerprints is trivial. Put New-Skin on your fingertip, let it half-dry, press it against another fingerprint, voila! That has worked since New-Skin was invented a decade ago. Now add 10 years of technology advancement. This means that any government can now give its agents the fingerprints of anyone in the database.

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 09:03 | 6587473 MrBoompi
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We need to be wary of false flag cyber attacks.  All of this free speech and truth found on the internet these days is something the oligarchs running USA Inc just can't tolerate.  Our minds must be controlled for our own good you know.

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 14:40 | 6589557 malek
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 unable to pass a cyber security initiative

So we need more laws and regulations to "fix" this??
Tyler, are you pulling our legs here?

How about we'd start to let our three letter agencies help fix security holes instead of only exploiting them?

 

Sat, 09/26/2015 - 08:57 | 6596136 doctor10
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that's a GREAT idea malek.

We could start by defunding them and relieving them of their burden.

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