Deadthreaded so I’m re-posting:
Feds Eye Link to Private Contractor in Massive Government Hack

The hackers who recently launched a massive cyber-attack on the U.S. government, exposing sensitive information of millions of federal workers and millions of others, may have used information stolen from a private government contractor to break into federal systems, according to sources briefed on the matter.

Authorities suspect the hackers, likely from China, entered the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s computer systems after first gaining access last year to the systems of KeyPoint Government Solutions — one of the primary providers of background checks for the U.S. government, sources said…

Because the private sector, which also employed Mr. Snowden, always does a better job than the government.