June 12th, 2006

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Energy Department System Hacked

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Contractors who worked for the National Nuclear Security Adminstration (NNSA) were contacted by phone today that their Social Security numbers and other personal information was stolen by a computer hacker last September.

Energy Department officials on Monday began contacting 1,502 individuals by phone to inform them that their Social Security numbers and other information may have been compromised when a hacker gained entry to a department computer system eight months ago.

Source: FoxNews Thanks Viv, for the heads up on this story!

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