{"id":58369,"date":"2017-11-29T17:05:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T23:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=58369"},"modified":"2017-11-29T17:06:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T23:06:39","slug":"nsa-leak-leaves-100-gb-data-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/nsa-leak-leaves-100-gb-data-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"NSA Leak Leaves 100 GB of Classified Data Exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>NSA Leak Leaves Army Intelligence Data Open to Public<\/h4>\n<p>The NSA leaks just won&#8217;t seem to stop.\u00a0 The first breach dates back to 2013, with multiple falling thereafter.\u00a0 Some of the security breaches have led to NSA contractors facing criminal charges due to their part in the security issues.\u00a0 Perhaps the most infamous NSA leak was what led to the world&#8217;s first global ransomware attack, WannaCry, in May of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the public has been informed of another NSA breach that left 100 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