Wyden slams federal response on OPM breach

By Rudy Takala

Published September 18, 2015 6:43pm ET

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Wyden slams federal response on OPM breach — This month, Ron Wyden sent a letter to the National Counterintelligence and Security Center asking if they had identified security weaknesses in OPM systems. (AP Photo)Â | Susan Walsh

A Democratic senator blasted counterintelligence officials this week for saying it isn’t their responsibility to identify security vulnerabilities in federal agencies such as the Office of Personnel Management.

“The OPM breach had a huge counterintelligence impact and the only response by the nation’s top counterintelligence officials is to say that it wasn’t their job,” Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said in a statement.

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