The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is spending $133 million to provide ID theft monitoring services to victims of the OPM breach. The money could have been put to much better use, such as beefing up cybersecurity at OPM and other agencies. OPM’s acting director says he’s “committed to assisting the victims of these serious cybercrimes” But experts say the money would be better spent on better security controls within organizations, promoting and supporting public cybersecurity awareness campaigns, or building better threat sharing frameworks.”]
Source: https://www.inforisktoday.com/blogs/opm-id-theft-monitoring-waste-money-p-1933