Hackers Get Data of Federal Lab Visitors

December 6, 2007 By DUNCAN MANSFIELD, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- The Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed on Thursday that a "sophisticated cyber attack" over the last few weeks may have allowed personal information about thousands of lab visitors to be stolen.

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