FBI grapples with fallout from massive data breach

CNN reports that, according to a message to staff, the bureau is operating under the assumption that the hackers have stolen data on all FBI employees[2].Sources who have seen the data told CNN that it includes information on FBI personnel working in sensitive units focused on China and Russia[3]. People briefed on the investigation told CNN that officials fear the data could be combined with information from earlier breaches "to identify agents in sensitive jobs"[2]."Management is lost," one ex-FBI agent in touch with their former colleagues told CNN.[2] A former cyber agent told the BBC that staff were furious about the "sloppy and lazy security failures"[4] that allegedly made the breach possible.An FBI spokesperson told CNN that "FBI employees potentially impacted have received communication and notification multiple times within the last week."[2]Michael McPherson, a former FBI agent who now works at the security firm ReliaQuest, told the BBC that the hack is "a security threat which cuts to the core of agent safety, particularly their families"[5].