
“The stolen information includes about 1.1 million fingerprints as well as findings that investigators obtained from interviews conducted with neighbors, friends and family members for background checks. Such information can be highly sensitive since it can include knowledge about the drug and criminal history of someone undergoing a background check as well as their sexual orientation and relationships. Those affected include anyone who applied for a security clearance in 2000 or later and who underwent a background investigation. All of that is in addition to the millions people the government had already announced were hacked.”
http://www.wired.com/2015/07/massive-opm-hack-actually-affected-25-million/
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