OPM Announces More Than 21 Million Affected by Second Data Breach
Source: National Journal
More than 21 million Social Security numbers were compromised in a breach that affected a database of sensitive information on federal employees held by the Office of Personnel Management, the agency announced Thursday.
That number is in addition to the 4.2 million social security numbers that were compromised in another data breach at OPM that was made public in June.
Of the 21.5 million records that were stolen, 19.7 million belonged to individuals who had undergone background investigation, OPM said. The remaining 1.8 million records belonged to other individuals, mostly applicants' families.
The records that were compromised include detailed, sensitive information about the individuals, including fingerprint data. OPM says 1.1 million compromised files included fingerprints.
Read more: http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/hack-opm-office-personnel-management-cyber-million-20150709
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)but we haven't been notified by anyone. This is truly a massive, massive failure, and no one seems to give a shit, and the Obama administration seems to be leaking it slowly, bit by bit, to minimize the reaction to it. Well, it's not working, I'm pretty fucking mad and I don't know what they're doing about it.
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)I know others who have NOT been notified by Orifice of Personnel Mangling.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Instead of the federal government, where the blame squarely belongs.
This is out of control.