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Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data

It has been a bad month for federal government cybersecurity.

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Ars Technica· Oct 1, 8:28 PMHacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data

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