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Inside the Devastating Hack of the F.B.I.

The Daily

Published
September 30, 2026
Duration
23:57
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Last updated
Sep 30, 2026

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Summary

A little over a decade ago, after hackers broke into the U.S. government and stole the personnel records of millions of federal workers, officials vowed that it would never happen again. Something similar recently did — to the F.B.I.Dustin Volz, who covers cybersecurity for The New York Times, tells the story of the attack, the group behind it and what co…

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A little over a decade ago, after hackers broke into the U.S. government and stole the personnel records of millions of federal workers, officials vowed that it would never happen again. Something similar recently did — to the F.B.I.Dustin Volz, who covers cybersecurity for The New York Times, tells the story of the attack, the group behind it and what could happen to the stolen data.Guest: Dustin Volz, a cybersecurity and intelligence reporter for The New York Times.Background reading: The hack

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