US says 5.6 mn fingerprints stolen in breach
Washington (AFP) Sept 23, 2015 - The massive breaches of US government records resulted in the theft of some 5.6 million sets of fingerprints, officials said Wednesday, raising their estimate from 1.1 million. Officials said the latest analysis of the two breaches - widely attributed to hackers based in China - did not change the number of people affected, which remained at 21.5 million. A statement by the Office of P ... more

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