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UPDATED! Chinese, other nations hacked VA computers, officials can’t account for everything stolen

By Mark Flatten
Published June 4, 2013 4:00am ET
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UPDATED! Chinese, other nations hacked VA computers, officials can’t account for everything stolen
Hardly a week goes by without the news media picking up on a report concerning the vulnerability of U.S. information and infrastructure to attack through the Internet and other networked computer systems. (Photo: Thinkstock) | Alex

Foreign governments are hacking into Department of Veterans Affairs computers and gaining access to sensitive personal information about millions of veterans, VA employees and their families, the agency’s former head of cyber security are testifying today in a congressional hearing.

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