Agriculture agency latest victim of data theft

The latest data security breach took place within the Agriculture Department's systems when a hacker broke in and took information ranging from names to social security numbers tied to 26,000 employees and contractors. The data hack, which the agency says happened in the first week of June, is just the latest in a series of data thefts taking place in federal government institutions.

For more on the data breach:
- read this article [1] at CIO Today