Chinese Compiling "Facebook" of US Government Employees

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @12:35PM from the like-this dept.

schwit1 writes: According to private security firm CrowdStrike's founder, Dmitri Alperovitch, the Chinese are compiling a massive 'Facebook' like database on American federal government employees for use in espionage and blackmail. The data was stolen from high profile attacks against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, as well as intrusions into the Anthem and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield health insurance networks. "That can now be used to embarrass you publicly and force you to work for the Chinese government," Alperovitch says. "It's, in effect, a private version of Facebook with much more detail about your life than even Facebook has that the Chinese now have access to."

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Re:Facebook database by subreality · 2015-09-16 15:09 · Score: 5, Insightful

As opposed to a regular database...
Yes, a Facebook database: a database of your personal information, created without your informed consent, collected from sources you didn't realize would share it, and which gives you no control over how it may be used against you in the future.