While the Chinese government has openly denied involvement in the recently announced mega-breach of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), U.S. officials maintain the breach was state-sponsored given the lack of evidence the stolen data has been sold on underground markets.

But rather than blaming the Chinese government, U.S. lawmakers instead have said this week the stolen personnel files should have been encrypted and made a bi-partisan call for the resignation of the OPM’s director, Katherine Archuleta.

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