It’s recently come to light that in mid-September hackers gained access to the US Postal Service’s employee data, and the Chinese government is among the suspects.

It’s recently come to light that in mid-September hackers gained access to the US Postal Service’s employee data, and the Chinese government is among the suspects.

The FBI is investigating and officials are refraining from making comments about the situation, but the post office has provided a bit of information.

According to the Postmaster General, while a great deal of sensitive information was made vulnerable in the breach, it doesn’t appear as if any of the service’s 800 thousand employees have been significantly impacted thus far.

Given that the hacker was able to gain access to social security numbers, names, dates of birth, and addresses but has apparently not used them, the possible motive behind the crime is the subject of much speculation.

It’s said by some that if it is indeed the Chinese government that broke into the records, they could be on a hunt for potential counterintelligence operatives.

Also suggested is that the hack could have been a more generic attempt to gather large quantities of data to eventually be used for myriad types of analyses.

Regardless, as a precautionary measure, the postal service is offering its employees a free year of credit tracking and alert support.