The Obama administration said Thursday that hackers stole Social Security numbers from more than 21 million people and took other sensitive information when government computer systems were compromised. Adam Levin, chairman and founder of the security firm IDT911 Consulting, blamed the "woefully inadequate" state of data security in both government and at major corporations. Home Depot said in September 2014 that 56 million debit and credit card numbers were compromised in a months-long breach of its computer systems. [...] weeks later, the retailer said that further investigation had revealed that the hackers also took the personal information — including email addresses, phone numbers, names and home addresses — of 70 million people. At first, personal information, including emails, Social Security numbers and salary details for nearly 50,000 current and former Sony workers were leaked online. [...] screeners of unreleased movies were uploaded to the Internet for illegal download. The hackers also threatened violence targeting movie theaters that planned to show "The Interview," a comedy about an assassination attempt on the leader of North Korea.
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