HACK OF CONTRACTOR WAS AT ROOT OF MASSIVE FEDERAL BREACH

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Opexus, which provides software services for processing US government records, was compromised by two employees in an insider threat attack. The two brothers at the center of the breach had destroyed more than 330 databases and removed more than 1,800 files related to one government project. The FBI and other government agencies are investigating the incident.