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Brief: 4 million federal employees affected by data breach at OPM

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management says they’ve become aware of an incident that has potentially compromised the personal information of current and former federal employees. The Wall Street Journal says that China is suspected as the source of the attack, described as one of the largest thefts of government data ever seen. The OPM will offer federal employees affected by the breach 18 months of credit monitoring from CSID. The FBI confirmed they were investigating the issue, but didn’t reference the anonymous administration comments placing the blame on nation-state actors.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2931560/brief-4-million-federal-employees-affected-by-data-breach-at-opm.html

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