Victims of the breach still have not been notified. OPM will start sending postal laters “later this month.” The government will spend $133 million on identity theft protection services. With options, it could go up to $330 million. ID Experts (Identity Theft Guard Solutions LLC) got the gig to provide the service, which will provide…
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The OPM breach details you haven’t seen
Sean Lyngaas reports: An official timeline of the Office of Personnel Management breach obtained by FCW pinpoints the hackers’ calibrated extraction of data and the government’s step-by-step response. It illuminates a sequence of events that lawmakers have struggled to pin down in public hearings with Obama administration officials. The timeline makes clear that the heist…
Hackers got FBI files as part of OPM breach
Cory Bennett reports: Suspected Chinese hackers breached FBI agents’ personnel files as part of the broader attack on the federal government that has laid bare millions of people’s data, Newsweek reported. Putting FBI agents’ data at risk could have national security implications; many investigate domestic terrorist plots and foreign spies. Read more on The Hill.
Updates on OPM breach(es)
Some bits ‘n pieces of the follow-ups on the OPM hack… Malia Zimmerman reports: In addition to data from the OPM breach, Roberts said a new OWL search has uncovered another 9,500 government log-in credentials stolen this week from a variety of county, state and federal agencies across the nation, for everything from the Obamacare…
Russian Ministry for Digital Development proposes turnover fines for data breaches
RAPSI News reports: The Ministry for Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation is preparing a bill on turnover-based fines for the personal data breach. This additional responsibility is to put business up to invest in the development of the information safety infrastructure and the personal data protection, a statement released on…
$63 Million OPM Data Breach Settlement Proposed
From the official settlement website at https://www.opmdatabreach.com/: OPM Data Breach Settlement In re: U.S. Office of Personnel Management Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 15-1394 (ABJ) (D.D.C.). If You Were Subject to the Data Breaches of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and Its Contractor (Peraton Risk Decision Inc.), and You Experienced an Out-of-Pocket Loss After…