USPS Hacked: Postal Service Hit by Cyber Attack
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Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Postal Service said on Monday it has been the victim of “a cyber-security intrusion” that exposed the personal information of some 800,000 employees.
The FBI is investigating the source of the attack, but a source briefed on the incident told ABC News it appears to have originated in China and has been going on for the last two months.
The USPS said on its website that the intrusion “is limited in scope and all operations of the Postal Service are functioning normally.”
Employee information, like names, addresses and Social Security numbers, may have been compromised, the USPS said.
The agency said there is “no evidence” any customer credit card information was exposed, but the attack also compromised some call center data and may have swept up names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of people who provided that information between January and August this year.
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