Things could get worse before they get better as the FBI, US-CERT and Office of Personnel Management investigate a data breach that may have compromised the personal information of some 4 million current and past federal employees. Additional exposures of personal identifying information could be discovered, officials have warned. The OPM made the breach public last week, but the intruders had been inside the agency’s systems since December. This was the second intrusion reported by the agency in the last 15 months.
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OPM Security Was a Data Breach Waiting to Happen
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. June 9, 2015 09:42 AMThings could get worse before they get better as the FBI, US-CERT and Office of Personnel Management investigate a data breach that may have compromised the personal information of some 4 million current and past federal employees. Additional exposures of personal identifying information could be discovered, officials have warned. The OPM made the breach public last week, but the intruders had been inside the agency’s systems since December. This was the second intrusion reported by the agency in the last 15 months.