‘Outrageous failure’: Database hack compromised all US federal workers – union
RT.com
June 12, 2015
Hackers who attacked a US government database could now be in possession of vast amounts of personal data on every federal employee, as the extent of the damage had been heavily underestimated, according to a union chief in a letter seen by AP.
“We believe that the Central Personnel Data File was the targeted database, and that the hackers are now in possession of all personnel data for every federal employee, every federal retiree, and up to one million former federal employees,” the President of the Union of American Federal of Government Employees (AFGE), J. David Cox, said in a letter to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) director Katherine Archuleta, seen by AP.
Last week, the OPM admitted a major cyber-attack took place in December 2014, but it was only detected in April. The hack compromised the personal information of some four million federal employees, the agency originally said.
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