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Hacker accessed site with contractors’, feds’ email and passwords

A hacker broke into Allianceforbiz.com, and stole information on 20,000 people, many of them federal employees and contractors.

Federal News Network Staff

August 24, 2011 5:10 pm

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A hacker broke into Allianceforbiz.com, and stole information on 20,000 people, many of them federal employees and contractors.

Emails and passwords were the target. The information was posted online in a spreadsheet.

eWeek.com reports more than 12 agencies had information stolen from the site,

This story is part of Federal News Radio’s daily Cybersecurity Update. For more cybersecurity news, click here.

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