No Reason for OPM to Have Unencrypted Database “Unless the Goal Was to Have it Stolen”
More heat is on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on the breach of up to 14 million records, as reports emerged that much of the stolen data were unencrypted. "There is no viable reason for sensitive government data to be left in a database that was cleartext and unencrypted, unless the goal was to have it stolen." [6/15/15]