Report blames the personnel agency for not securing sensitive data despite warnings for years that it was vulnerable to hackers. OPM has been criticized previously for negligence leading to the hack. The report “does not fully reflect where this agency stands today,” OPM acting director says. A federal employees union filed a lawsuit against the OPM, its leadership and a contractor, alleging their negligence led to the data breach. The OPM said in June 2015 it discovered two separate but related cybersecurity incidents. The first resulted in the exposure of 4.2 million current and former federal government employees.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3117034/opm-hack-was-avoidable-says-congressional-report.html