US Government Security Contractor Hacked

As the most sophisticated spy technology in history is being assembled, how safe is private and sensitive data?

US government security contractor's secret's hacked

As society watches with a yawn as US government security services have amassed historic technical access to peer into average citizen’s private matters – even understand their thoughts to various degrees – comes the story of the leading government security contractor having their technology hacked making their secrets no longer secret.

USIS is not only a major U.S. Homeland Security contractor that provides background checks for federal workers, it has access to highly secretive government worker’s identification and personal information.

The company was a...