STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT ITS BELIEVED THAT CHINA IS BEHIND THE CYBER ATTACK!! The service made the information public Monday. The Washington Post reported China may have been involved in the cyberattack, citing anonymous sources. USA TODAY was unable to confirm the report. Postal Service spokeswoman Sue Brennan told USA TODAY the issue is still under investigation. In its statement, the post office said some USPS computers were hacked and some employee information was compromised. Information about people who called in to the post offices Customer Care center was also compromised. The services customer website, usps, was not affected, the statement said. The intrusion is limited in scope, and all operations of the Postal Service are functioning normally, said David Partenheimer, media relations manager for the U.S. Postal Service. In a letter sent Monday, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., cited the classified briefings, which were made to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. He asked for more information from Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe. Cummings asked for a description of the cyberattack and how it was first discovered, as well as what actions Donahoe took after learning about it. The post office is investigating the incident. The investigation is being led by the FBI and other federal and postal investigatory agencies. Employee information that might have been compromised included personally identifiable information about employees, including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, beginning and end dates of employment, emergency contact information and other information. Roughly 800,000 employees were affected by the intrusion, the service said. If indeed China is behind the attack, its likely part of an attempt to gain more information about U.S. government, said Edward Ferrara, an analyst with Forrester, a technology research company.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:36:24 +0000
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