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navy federal credit union. pink so she's a princess. you got a problem with that? oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 8 80 years. navy federal credit union. vago: we are continuing our offer -- it'in young our conversation with the chief of the french air force. i asked why the -- why france needs the reaper as well as a new medium altitude long endurance unmanned aircraft that it plans to develop with germany and italy. >> i talked about the combat cloud. even in 10 years time, because this is the time training -- he will use l less. get the it is it will be fully integrated in this combat cloud system. the most important thing is combat uavs with the future of the combat cloud. providing that is going to be a great capability. we have to forget it. vago: what do you think -- should that also be cordon aided with the anglo-french combat air vehicle? do you want this to be a whole integrated system? >> the first thing -- because we have this combat cloud view for the future, all of

the biggest federal union, american federation for government employees. grievance that homeland security wrongfully blocked government workers access to web-based email on their work computers without first negotiating with the union. federal workers instead, can use their mobile devices like smartphones to access gmail or hotmail. the problem is, web-based emails are prone to computer viruses and malware. dozens of federal agencies including irs, department of defense and homeland security ha been hit by cyber hackers. officials fear that terrorists or nation states are trying to break in, noting the easiest way via web-based emails like hotmail or gmail that come loaded with phishing malware. the government case file says, that homeland security noted, has quote, sole and exclusive discretion to determine its network access policies. in other words, the right to determine those policies without bargaining at all with the union. and homeland security cite ad federal law. called the federal information security management act in 2002, enacted after 9/11.

somewhat around 14 million american accounts potentially hacked. 24 hours after the biggest federal employees union warned in a letter to the obama administration that last year's hack of federal employees was far wider than first led on, there was a bigger breach. white house spokes mawrch josh spokesman josh earnest describes. >> i don't have further informing on the matter. >> forms government workers fill out to qualify for security clearances. the information ranges from details about mental illness drug and alcohol use to arrests and even bankruptcies. the apparent breach and the one revealed earlier could end up to 14 million federal records being compromised. >> there are a lot of questions being asked. but why they didn't take some very simple cyber security precautions like encrypting the data, around that could be breached by anybody in the system, that's a big problem. >> the biggest trade union the american federation of government employees wrote to the administration accusing the government of hiding the ongoing criminal investigation not to give out too many details. but earnest was

developing right now a union representing federal workers claims a massive data breach is even worse than the obama administration will admit. the union says hackers stole personnel data and social security numbers for every federal worker. but the office of personnel management said it's not true. opm says 4 million active and former federal workers may have had their information compromised. in ten minutes we'll hear from tracie potts on what the hackers managed to steal. >>> right now, we want to hear from tom kierein about the heat coming our way. >> a heat wave yesterday got into the low mid 90s. felt like upper 90s. right now it's pleasant when you step out the door. it is rather humid but it's comfortable. in the 70s, nearby suburbs. around the bay low to mid 70s. shenandoah valley in the upper 60s. and winchester at 73. martins burg 71. farther to the west in the mountains right now in the mid 60s. beautiful morning there. a few clouds are floating over. the feels like temperature will be oppressive today. and again on saturday. we will have oppressive humidity in place. then

. >> a major federal union says the cyber attack targeting federal workers is much worse than the obamatration lets on. they stole social security numbers and data from all government employees many blame the attack on china and the obama administration acknowledges that up to 4 million former and current workers are affected. >>> federal prosecutors in germany closed their investigation into the alleged tampering of angela merkel's cell phone. they broke the story citing documents provided by nsa looker snowden. >>> net newt reality rules go into affect today after a court of appeals refused to block them yesterday to treat the internet as a public utility saying it's protecting consouthers they continue to challenge it in court. >>> health check at noon, if your child is cranky there could be a reason why, a study at harvard suggests that most children do not get enough water every day and are dehydrated. children fellow enough were theying, mood and alertness may be affected. nearly one in four youngsters drank no water at all and found that boys ages 6 to 11 were at most risk for de

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navy federal credit union. pink so she's a princess. you got a problem with that? oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 8 80 years. navy federal credit union. vago: summer is here and that means it is time for our summer reing list. joining us today is frank hoffman of the natational defense university. dr. hoffman, welcome back and a hearty congratulations on successfully defending your phd at the prestigious king's college in london. guest: thank you very mumuch. vago: you're not speaking on behalf of the national defense univsity. let's start with the eminent american s scholar with his book "is the e american ceentury over?" what did d you like about the book? guest: he asks a c critical question. it is a very upbeat assessment for the u.s. he believes we will continue to be the world leading power and we have much to be optimistic about. he is perhaps a little too optimistic. vago: what exactly is he too optimistic about? guest: there are areas in our infrastructure, political di

federal unions fight it all the time. the private sector faces criminal civil litigation and u.s. -- >> bruce, the -- this is kind of a cyber declaration war by the chinese. >> the fbi director said a month ago that there are two kinds of companies that -- those that have been hacked we the chinese and those that don't know they've been hacked by the chinese. it's a serious problem, and i don't think we're ignoring it. i just think maybe we're not showing our hand. just as people personal financial, health care, and other personal records that are now exposed, and i think what is extra concerning is that every time we see one of these hacks, it's exponentially worse than the last one. this sort of war of information is getting -- is escalating very quickly, and we are not at all prepared. >> you use the word it is a war. thank you very much on that folks. meanwhile, forget about breaking the bank. most americans don't have any emergency savings in the bank. before you sound the alarm the informers are here to help. >>> bi

so the -- the federal union is going to bat for these workers at this panel, a lot of union attorneysanyone who challenges us, we're going to open up a big can of would happen ass . stuart: droughts a direct quote? >> yeah. and they're trying to unionize offices these are the ones found being committed by federal workers and tomorrow we're going to have for you. you know that whole controversy of doing business at your federal jobs, taxpayers are paying to do union business, they're now being allowed to do union business at home, and that's a trend that the obama administration has started. and we have a serious wopper. you know the cyber attacks on the federal government? . stuart: yeah. >> the homeland security is trying to stop their workers by logging onto the gmail or hotmail saying huh-uh you can't immediately block those accounts. you have to let them continually use those accounts because they have a lot of virus in them. that's really bad stuff . stuart: it's good stuff. >> it's like a three part series . stuart: you've all of these guy. you can't fire a government worker, pe

and we got a great one thanks to a really low mortgage rate from navy federal credit union. nk so she's a princess. you got a problem with that? oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 80 years. navy federal credit union. vago: we are back with our cybeber roundtable. chard, i want toive you an opportunity to respond to that deterrence question we were talking about right before the break. richard: when we talking about deterrence, that is outwardly focused. but there are pressures inwardly pressures on the organizations trying to secure their ta. at the congression level we have democrats looking at one aspect, rerepublicans looking at another. there is the financial area. some policeill need cyber insurance more and more anthat will be pushed out from the larger companies to the smaller companies. the companies will not do business unless there is a cyber insurance poly of a certain amount. i thk all of that will drive better practices. vago: lifting the bigger companieies are e paying more attention to cyber security, but the smaller companies are

every federal worker. the union says the cyberattack is far worse than the obama administration will admit, but opm says the union's claims are not true. opm says a little more than four million active and former federal workers may have had their information compromised. >>> starting tomorrow, you should see fewer people smoking those e-cigarettes in montgomery county. a new law takes effect, banning the use of e-cigarettes in any public places that already ban regular smoking. the ban passed the county council unanimously back in march. councilmembers said e cigarettes, which usually contain nicotine could lead young people to start using real cigarettes. >>> soon it will be easier to get around the national mall. starting sunday, the d.c. circulator bus system will add a new route that will take riders from union station to any one of 15 stops around the mall. the new route will take you just steps from sites like the capitol, smithsonian museums and the lincoln memorial. the basic fare on the bus is just a dolla

we are getting new details on the federal government had. a worker's union now saying hackers stole the personal data of every federal employee making it far worse than a bomb administration has acknowledged. upwards of 4 million to grow up right away. as of this morning the internet is legally as open and unbiased network in the united states by the fcc going into effect officially. the intent of the new rules is to ensure fair access and delivery of internet content to everyone. here's a question for everybody. how are consumers affected by the new rules that goes into effect now. what does that mean for all of us? >> the idea for the fcc is to keep the structure of the internet in place as it has been since 2005. if you're an internet company shouldn't be allowed to block content. you should be allowed to let some content through with the content providers willing to pay. the principles have been around a long time. the big controversy is in order to assert authority to impose rules because of repeated challenges, they basically about a nuclear action is

that is the charge today from the nation's largest federal employee union which said in a letter to the office of personnel management they believe the personnel information of every current federal employee was exposed in that breach. garrett haake has been following the story and is live from the department of interior. >> reporter: the top line number stays the same in all this. more than 4 million people's data stolen by these hackers, but tonight thanks to that union letter we're learning a lot more about who the victims were and it includes the entire active federal workforce. so if you work at state labor or here at the department of the interior, that means your personal information is now in the hands of hackers. >> i'm totally shocked, really shocked and kind of scared because, you know, it's your personal information. >> reporter: tonight at it rush hour federal workers reeled at the news just how much data hackers now have about them and how little they have been told about it. >> i haven't seen anything from my organization and i'm really surprised that there's been a hack

so northeast federal credit union is the non-profit we contracted with. again they're in the business community, and they of course definitely specialize in engaging with chinese owned small business owners but have done the workshop and outreach and door to door knocking to other businesses, and we have conducted workshops in spanish and vietnamese and that gal log. >> >> so how we engage with the -- how businesses get engaged with access to the subsidized cass inspections? again through the workshops, through direct contact with businesses, and now that it is a city wide program we're also working with our council of district merchants which is an association of over 22 merchants associations to assist in out reach to businesses in those areas. and then i noted that there are 344 businesses that have been able to get the subsidized cass inspections you but we had a total of 450 businesses applied and 36 weren't eligible either they're in litigation and for various other reasons and then we currently have 74 on the wait list. again we probably have more

the federal employees union said hackers have personal information on every federal employee retireee and 1 million former government workers. administration officials have said the cyber attack likely originated in china. china denies that. >> america's top general says the u.s. could significantly expand its presence in iraq to help fight isil. joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey said the concept is for so-called lily pads, jumping off points controls the country where troops could be closer to the front lines. that could include a corridor from baghdad to particular kilt to kirkuk over to mosul. the white house was cool to the idea of sending more troops and increasing bases without first seeing some success. >> there's no immediate claim to do this. what i will say though, is that if a kind of recommendation like this did come from the president's national security team and from his military advisors in particular, it would be a recommendation that is made it would be a recommendation that reflects that the on going training efforts have been useful. >> general dempsey opposes pu

. >>> 24 hours after the biggest federal employees union warned in a letter to the obama administration that last year's hack of federal employees was far wider than led on comes confirmation that may have been a deeper breach. white house spokesman josh ernst saying evidence suggests there was a separate intrusion, affecting a different part of office of personnel management systems and data. >> at this stage i don't have details about the ongoing investigation into this particular matter. >> reporter: a senior administrator tells al jazeera a newly revealed hack may have targeted forms government workers fill out to qualify for security clearances, information about mental illness, drug and alcohol use, to arrests and even bankruptcies. the apparent breach and the one revealed earlier could add up to 14 million federal record compromised. on thursday, the biggest american trade union, the american federation of employees wrote to the administration accusing them of hiding behind the criminal investigation as a reason not to give out too many details. ernst is adamant protecting govern

. >>> 24 hours after the biggest federal employees union warned in a letter to the president obama federation that last year's hack was wider than led on comes confirmation that may have been a deeper breach. white house spokesman josh ernst saying there was a separate intruce, affecting the part of office of management systems and data. >> at this stage i don't have details about the ongoing investigation. >> reporter: a senior administrator tells al jazeera a newly revealed hack may have targeted forms workers fill out to qualify for security clearance, information about mental illness, drug and alcohol use, arrests and bankruptcies. the apparent breach and the one earlier could add up to 14 record compromised. the biggest trade union, the american federation of government employees wrote to the administration accusing the government of hiding behind a criminal investigation as a reason not to give out too many details. ernst is adamant protecting government systems is a big task given the size of the databases involved. >> protecting the computer networks of the federal government is docum

on thursday the biggest federal employees union earnest was adamant, have. >> it does trier federal government to be nimble, something that's difficult when you are talking about an organization this large. >> j. david cox said we believe that hackers are in possession of every federal employee, every federal retire e and backed his words up with specifics healthy insurance, life insurance have been stolen. over who is to blame for the hack reid saying openly for the first time, it may have better than jer nan accounts. u.s. national security security security had been accused of recording her phone data but unable to find evidence that would stand up in court. >>> u.s. house of representatives have rejected a key deal, congress could approving or reject but not change. now most of the opposition came from president obama answer democrat party. they said it would threat many u.s. jobs. washington is currently negotiating three jobs r jobs. five months since tee takenees were last moved out of the u.s. prison in cuba. meanwhile, president obama has transferred more than half the tee takenees in

a federal union employee says the breach is far worse than originally thought. >> he says the hackers have personnel data on every federal employee. the union alleges the hack is far worse than the obama administration has acknowledged. no comment yet from the white house. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> not a lot of people outside today in the late afternoon heat. nbc 10 in new castle county. heat and humidity way more oppressive than yesterday. kind of snuck up on some of you because the temperature went up and the humidity went up significantly, and that double whammy makes it feel that much more dramatic. there's a heat advisory in effect for tomorrow because the temperature and the humidity are going to go up some more. near record heat today and again tomorrow and possible weekend thunderstorms. not a sure bet. i think most of the weekend is going to be dry. we have a lot of sunshine out there. a little bit on the hazy side. some of that might be smoke from fires in canada that we've been tracking for days and days

the federal employees union says the security breach was far worse than what the public was told and the hackers possessed personnel information of every current and former government workers. jonathan betz joins us. >> yes, this is a big trade yun unist. the american federation of government employees, the biggest union that has government employees, 676,000 of them. tonight they are saying look, since the leak last week we have had little substantive information from the administration about what is going on. the union is saying they are hiding behind the fact that this is ongoing criminal investigation as a reason for not giving too many details out. it's written a letter saying that it wants more information, and suggested one or two things in the alert. it's an attempt to push back and get more into the public domain. >> reporter: the severity of the breach was never in question. the obama saying 4 million current and former employees was compromised. thursday in a letter, the president of the largest union announced how massive it was: in that alert addressed to the office unio

major federal union, says that it was every single federal employee. every inning is will federal employee/retire and 1 million former federal workers had their information stolen. so just say everybody and then the question is, why should we be so worried well, what do they get? they got your social security number, your military history, if you are working at a foreign embassy, they know who you are, they could no information you put in your security clearance form, your family members. they necessity everything about you. what they do with that information is pretty scar toy me good lets talk about some of the things, they could black mail you, they could threaten your family, stuff like that. >> yeah. >> take your money. >> take your money, they have job information, they have payment information on you. they can, you know, if you have a pacemaker or something like that i don't know, get that data and target you in some weird medical type of way. just have too much information. >> we keep saying they, we still think chinese are behind this even tho

this is according to a federal union. so it's late-breaking news, i don't know if you have information on that, but that would be a scary, scary development in this hacking case. >> reporter: yeah. that's the one on office of personnel management and what we learned was four million, information on four million current and former federal employees, hackers getting that information. and now a union of federal workers is saying it's a much bigger problem. david: talk about throwing a wide net, that's just what those hackers did. thank you very much, peter barnes, from d.c. >>> meanwhile, this fox business alert. melissa: rupert murdoch, the chairman ask ceo of fox business is preparing to pass the reins to his sons. >> hey, melissa. sources close to the situation tell individuals here at fox business ceo rupert murdoch is expected to hand his ceo role to his son, james murdoch. rupert would then become the executive chairman. according to those sources, his older son is expected to be named executive co-chair. now, chase ke

a federal union says it is much worse than we thought. stole the personal data, social security numbers for every single federal employee that will be 14 million workers. senior security strategist at fort medicine joins us now. i just used the word catastrophic, disaster am i going overboard here. that is the way it looks to me. >> absolutely not this is one of the largest data breaches in history. more records stolen and more personal information is out there than ever before. the fact is that this didn't need to be. it was stored all in clear text. we have regulations that businesses need to follow today, every day to encrypt data to make sure when leaks happen that this information is not easily accessible and goth wasn't fallen. >> i did not know that this information had not been encrypted because you're dead right. leak any private organization encrypt use don'ts want the liability lawsuit but the government did not encrypt this kind of information. what could this information be used for? other than fraud and id theft? could it be

history. 18 million former and current federal employees' personnel files have been compromised. >> i'm glad they are doing something for workers. linda: the union said, "since the agency is unwilling to provide adequate assistance, we are taking unprecedented steps to gather more information for a members and hold the agency accountable." >> it may require the federal government in general to work on cyber security and in general their computer systems and everything like that. linda: we have learned opm is temporarily shut down a massive database of background investigation records as a precautionary measure, which could be down four to six weeks. jonathan: a beautiful start to the workweek, gorgeous day, low humidity, but tomorrow some of that is coming back. does a chance of thunderstorms fit into the timeline of fourth job july -- fourth of july weekend? steve rudin has the forecast. steve: a huge weekend ahead, a lot of folks in town for the fireworks. the national mall, not to mention the local fireworks. what's going on right now, from the belfort furniture weather center, 66, 71 fredericksburg, 67 andrews. western maryland, garrett coun

. >>> a federal union says a breach last week compromised the personal data of every single employ.rooks were able to navigate through other systems. harry reid blaming china for the attack. but u.s. officials have declined to publicly name the country. >>> we are hearing about a flurry of activity near the search scene ffror those escaped prison prisoners. i want to get to thomas lasalle who lives near the search scene. are you there? >> caller: yes i am. >> what's happening in your neighborhood right now? >> caller: we just got word from one of the neighbors that the police possibly spotted the inmates jumping a stone call at the corner of bucks creek road. they have several officers moving in toward the house. the helicopters are now flying south of me doing search grids to the east. there definitely is a swarm of activity now. have you >> have you talked directly to the neighbor who supposedly saw one of these men jumping the fence? >> no. they're discouraging people from walking around and walking up and down the road. >> no. i mean how close is the neighbor who reports that on

that claim comes from a federal employee union. the union says hackers have personnel data on every federal employee including everything from military records to salaries or pay history. right now the government admits that 4 million federal workers are impacted including civilians, retirees and contractors. u.s. officials say the attack had china's cyber fingerprints all over it but china denies involvement. federal workers are starting to receive letters in the mail about how to protect their identity. >>> today in washington there will be a vote on trade that is redrawing party lines with republicans supporting president obama's plan and members of his own party, democrats opposing it. the bill would allow the president to present congress with proposed trade deals that lawmakers could ratify or reject but not change. the trade unions claim that the measure will shift more american jobs overseas. >>> the chaos in colwyn continues. nbc 10 was in the town for the council meeting when members realized they didn't have votes to ove

that claim comes from a federal employee union. it says hackers have personnel data on every federal employee and that includes everything from military records to pay history. federal workers are starting to get letters in the mail about how they can protect their identity. >>> police in bucks county are looking for this man and woman accused of fraud, all while pushing a stroller. bristol township police say they used stolen credit cards at a giant supermarket and a walmart in levittown on may 31st. if you recognize either of them you're asked to give police a call. >>> springfield high school in delaware county is on the move even if that move is only about 500 yards. wl an 8-1 vote the school board voted to replace the existing high school. it springfield high school is more than 80 years old. construction of the new school is expected to cost about $150 million. >>> and what teenager doesn't want to sleep longer? the first step is in motion to move back the start times for middle and high schools in new jersey. governor chris c

in the first attack a federal union reports hackers obtained the private information of every current government employee. all of them. as well as millions of former employees and contractors. in the second breach officials say cyber spies got detailed information on millions of military intelligence and other personnel investigated for security clearances. all together this reportedly affects as many as 18 million people. another government official says the office of personnel management has a history of problems with security. he said for years the people running it had no background in that field. >>> anybody calling for heads to roll yet? >> reporter: shep yes. because lawmakers did not like the answers they were getting, feeling like they were hearing a whole lot of excuses. kathryn archileta took much of the heat for the breaches. she told lawmakers her agency's aging computer equipment couldn't handle encrypting the personal information of millions of current and former federal employees. after a closed door classified session, here was house oversight chairman jason chafitz.

the head of a federal union says the social security numbers of up to 14 million government workers apparentlyere not encrypt end when hackers stole them. but a spokesman for the office of personnel management says encryption might not have stopped the breech. he add opium does utilize encryption in some instances and is increasing the types of methods utilized to encrypt data. the white house said earlier it is still investigating. morgan bright joins us, cyber security analyst who says his information was in the system and is now likely in the hands of hackers. really? yours? >> greg, right here. this is my fs86. i had 32 pages of my entire life filled out for people. medical records. i had to sign releases for everything, back in 2001. sitting there. not only in the hands of hackers but most likely in the hands of the chinese. >> i would suspect you're a little bit angry about that. talk to us about what you think is perhaps incompetence on the part of the government? >> that would be the kindest word to say right now. we have had since 2002 an act called the federal information security ma

the hacking against the federal government seems to be worsen first thought. the head of a major government union says information on every federal employee may be compromised. they got social security numbers, birthdays pension information, military records among other information. alison: i-19 roland died at the going out at the echostage michael last night here it victoria callahan of sterling, virginia was celebrity your birthday and was possibly on the influence of the drug mali. -- molly. she later died. leon: metro has removed 4000 series railcars after at least two incidents in which the cars' doors open in transit. metro is running safety checks right now. they have not found out why the doors opened. alison: we have new information about the copilot of the germanwings plane that crashed in march. andrea'ss lubitz was afraid he was losing his eyesight and many the doctors said he was unfit to flight. under german privacy laws that prevented any of those doctors from actually contacting germanwings with their concerns. he is said to have crashed the plane on purpose. search crews say they

. >> 4 hours after the biggest federal employees unions warned that last year's hack was far wider than let on comes confirmation there may have been a deeper breach. white house spokesman josh earnest saying that evidence that there was a separate intrusion effecting the personnel management systems and data. >> at this point i don't have additional details about the ongoing investigation about there matter. the information ranges from details about mental illness drug and alcohol use to arrests and even bankruptcy. the apparent breach and one revealed earlier could add up to 14 million federal records being compromised. on thursday the american federation of government employees wrote to the administration accusing the government of hiding behind the ongoing criminal investigation as a reason not to give up too many details. earnest was adamant protecting government systems is a big task given the size of the databases involved. >> protecting the computer networks of the federal government is a taunting challengedaunting challenge and it does require the federal government to be nimbl

security clearance may well have been dragged into this as well. 24 hours after the biggest federal employees union warned, that last year's hack of federal employees was far wider than had been led on comes confirmation this might have been a deeper breach. white house spokesman spokesman spokesman josh earnest, suggesting that there had been a wider breach. >> i don't have any further information about this matter. >> the newly revealed hack may have targeted the forms that be employees, arrests and even bankruptcies. the apparent breach and the one revealed earlier could add up to 14 million records being compromised. on thursday, the biggest trade union, the american federation of government employees wrote to the administration accusing the government of hiding behind the ongoing criminal investigation as a reason not to give out too many details. but earnest was adamant protecting government employees given the size of the network involved. >> it is a daunting challenge and it does require the federal government to be nimble, something that's difficult when you talk about an organization this

now, the nation's largest federal workers union says they believe the hackers had access to every federal employee. a u.s. official says the security breach gave access to names and information of relatives and contacts of u.s. employees living around the world. the hack going undetected for more than a year. whether or not the hackers stored the information they had access to remains unknown. and, again, the hackers are believed to be from china. the government pledged it will notify each and every one of employees affected by the hack. that number somewhere possibly around 14 million. t.j. brandi. >> bazi kanani for us live in washington. thank you so much. >>> turn now to millions of americans spending another day in the path of some severe weather that will bring more damaging rain hail more flooding and even yes, more tornadoes. >> today most active from colorado new mexico northern texas extending all the way up to the northeast and great lakes. firefighters in colorado springs had to rescue two women also after their cars were nearly swallowed up on a city street and had to use the

the largest federal employee union said thursday it believes the hackers are now in possession of all personnel data for every federal employee. every federal retiree and up to one million former federal employees. the union says the data stolen includes social security numbers, age, military records, addresses, pay history and more. several lawmakers here on capitol hill have blamed the hack on the chinese. although the u.s. government so far has not publicly blamed china. investigators are still looking at what exactly the exposure might be. >> the precise scope of what, how much and what type of data has been exfiltrated is something that again continues to be investigated by the fbi. >> reporter: the federal government is struggling to notify all of the victims of the breach because of outdated contact information. mark albert, cbs news, washington. >> this data breach is quickly becoming political. republicans wanted the cyber security legislation attached to must have funding for the department but the senate blocked that move yesterday. >>> the several continues, why police bel

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. >>> new details about a massive cyber-attack against the federal government the employees union said it was far worse than the president barak obama administration admitted. they said the personal data of 4 million workers was compromised and now the union sense the breach affects every federal employee every retirement and up to 1 million former workers. >>> the severity of the breach was never in question, they said up to 4 million current and presence, have been compromised and they announced just how massive the hack was, we believe that the data file of the database and, they are now in possession of all possession data for every federal employee, and retiree and former employees, in that letter, addressed to the o. p m., union boss david cox said they obtained a treasure trobe including social security numbers, birthday the and held shores, life insurance and pension information. the union says, it has based its findings by the o.p. m., and has accused the president barak obama administration, of down playing it. >>> and president barak obama administration said it is continuin

federal record compromised. on thursday, they wrote to the -- the biggest american trade union, the american federation of employees wrote to the administration accusing them of hiding behind the criminal investigation as a reason not to give out too many details. ernst is adamant protecting government systems is a big task given the size of the databases involved. >> protecting the computer networks of the federal government is a daunting challenge and it does require the federal government to be nimble, something difficult when you talk about an organisation this large. >> in thursday's letter union boss wrote: he backed his accusation up with specifics saying social security numbers, birthdates, personal and pay history, life insurance and pension information has been stolen. the row spread to capitol hill, with terse changes between majority leader mitch mcconnell, and minority leader harry reid in the senate over who is to blame for the hack. reid saying for the first time it may have been the chinese. >>> german investigators closed their inquiry into the alleged tapping of german chancellor angela merkel's m

howard county police say this man installed an atm skimming device at the nassau federal credit union on dobbin road. on sunday a caller told police the atm's card scanner appeared suspicious and had come loose. it was really a skimming device attached to the machine with tape. police are encouraging bank customers to monitor their accounts. >>> raccoons attack two people this week in fairfax county. a 75-year-old woman was attacked on a path near south run rec center today. police tell us she stopped to take a picture of the raccoon, and that's when it charged her. she was treated at the hospital. that raccoon has been caught -- or has not been caught. sunday animal control officers captured and killed a rabid raccoon. it viciously bit a man on the leg while he was gardening in the kings park area. for safety tips on how to tell if an animal might have rabies, visit nbcwashington.com. >>> next at 11:00, the bike lane confrontation that sparked an outrage online. tonight home is marley stone talks to the man behind the camera. >>> it's the celebrity hacking scandal that rocked hollywo

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will remember 24 hours ago on this program i was here telling you but one of the biggest federal employee unions an organization called the american federation of government employees writing to the administration saying you know that hack you told us about? we think it's far worse than you're letting on and accuseing the administration as a reason for hiding giving all of the details of what is really happening. now 24 hours later it appears as if they might be on to something. josh earnest coming out saying that they've set a course that 4 million americans have been affected by the hack. and today intelligence personal seeking back round clearance may have been ac mandarinned as well. and said it was very difficult to say that it is large. >> protecting the federal government is a daunting challenge, and if does require the federal government to be nimble, something that is difficult when you're talking about an organization this large. >> so i just want to be absolutely clear what i think has happened here is the breaks you've announced about, it was probably only one break in for whoever wa

union business. this is part of a new and growing trend what is called federal teleworking. tice critics call, quote, disgusting. >> it is absolutely disgusting that they're putting taxpayer resources into funding union work while they need to be funding the doctors and employees to serve veterans, unlike they're doing today. >> in major move that flew under the radar screen, president barack obama quietly issued a presidential directive last year that says to federal agency, you must notify your workers about their right to flexible work schedules, including working from home. today taxpayers pay an estimated 29% of federal employees to work from home at some point during the year. nearly one out of seven federal staffers now work from home at least one day a week. this as federal watchdogs late last year found taxpayers paid 19 patent office workers five million bucks to work from home, running errands, shopping online, watching tv, surfing internet or facebook, doing the laundry or dishes. back to you in studio. david: liz, thank you very much. breaking news. four people s