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James Clapper: “The theft of the OPM data, as egregious as it was, we wouldn't necessarily consider it as an attack.”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2015
The theft of the OPM data, as egregious as it was, we wouldn't necessarily consider it as an attack.
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James Clapper
District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Clapper clarifies the classification of the OPM data breach as espionage rather than an attack.

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