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by webdoodle 981 days ago
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management data breach in 2015 exposed the personnel files of anyone who had applied for a job with the U.S. federal government. It was blamed on China, and it may have been, but that isn't to say they didn't sell or trade the data to N.K. That data would be extremely useful in building fake profiles that pass inspection, as bundled with LinkedIn data it would show what profile ingredients get people hired.