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OPM Cyber Breach
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A cyber breach to the Office of Personnel Management's background check database is much larger than originally expected. 21.5 million people are affected. The agency's response to employees has revolved mostly around identity protection. But the focus on the espionage aspect of the attack has not gotten as much support from the agency. Retired Air Force General Michael Hayden was director of the National Security Agency and director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that if he had a chance to get that kind of information about government workers of another country -- he'd do it instantly.
July 10, 2015 -
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The Office of Personnel Management faces the daunting task of trying to make victims of its data breaches whole. Altogether there are more than 22 million people whose sensitive information was compromised in the hacks on OPM's personnel and security clearance systems. Alan Lopatin is the chairman of the Federal Postal Coalition whose member groups represent about five million federal employees and retirees. He tells Federal News Radio's Emily Kopp why he's advocating for more protection for data breach victims even before the latest details came to light.
July 10, 2015 -
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The cyber domain is often referred to as a new frontier in global conflict -- one that nations are still learning to fight in. But one expert says there are actually plenty of historical examples of conflict in cyberspace -- and that leaders need to study them if they want to understand what it means to win or lose in that domain. Jay Healey is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and senior research scholar at Columbia University. He tells In Depth guest host Jared Serbu what it means to win in a cyber war.
July 10, 2015 -
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The federal government isn’t just setting up credit monitoring services for the millions of federal workers affected by the Office of Personnel Management cyber breaches. OPM is also pursuing giving all federal employees some type of credit monitoring
July 10, 2015 -
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OPM Director Katherine Archuleta steps down one day after after her agency announced the results of the investigation into the breach of its background investigation databases. OMB Deputy Director for Management Beth Cobert will become acting director beginning Saturday.
July 10, 2015 -
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The Office of Personnel Management was improving the cybersecurity of its IT systems, when it discovered hackers had breached two of its networks.
July 10, 2015 -
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The hacking of the Office of Personnel Management's security clearance database is just the latest blow to the government's background-check system. Two years ago, a contractor with a security clearance shot a dozen colleagues at the Washington Navy Yard. Only later did the government learn he had a history of mental illness. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) has spent years advocating for reforms to the security-clearance process. He joined Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive to discuss his latest strategy — to pass an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would force agencies to better manage the system.
July 10, 2015 -
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Tune in to FEDtalk this week for a discussion with representatives of federal employee organizations on Congress. Guests will discuss legislation that affects the federal workforce and government, the recent Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breaches, budget reconciliation and the fate of this year's appropriations bills.
July 09, 2015 -
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The Office of Personnel Management announced today that 21.5 million people were affected by the second breach of its background investigation databases. This includes 19.7 million people who applied for a background check, as well as another 1.8 million people whose personal information was included on clearance applications, such as spouses.
July 09, 2015 -
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FBI Director James Comey said the White House is about to release a final tally describing the number of people whose personal data was compromised in the OPM cyber breach. The agency has offered 18 months of free credit monitoring and identity-theft protection to the 4.2 million federal employees affected by the first breach in the agency's personnel database. But it's remained quiet about who has been affected by a second, larger breach.
July 09, 2015 -
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The National Treasury Employees Union announced Wednesday it was suing OPM, saying the agency violated the constitutional rights of union members.
July 08, 2015 A second federal employee union is suing the Office of Personnel Management over the two recent cybersecurity breaches. The National Treasury Employee Union files a lawsuit in federal court today. NTEU says OPM violated its members' constitutional rights by not protecting their personal and private information. Colleen Kelley is the union's national president. She explains her union's decision to take OPM to court.
July 08, 2015-
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The National Treasury Employees Union sues the Office of Personnel Management over the agency's recent cyber attacks. NTEU says OPM violated its members' informational privacy rights. It filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Carrie Cordero is a lawyer and adjunct law professor at Georgetown University Law Center and former counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security. She tells In Depth co-host Jared Serbu that OPM's recent cyber breaches have raised a few different privacy questions.
July 08, 2015 -
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The Homeland Security Department is rushing to give civilian agencies tools to share information about cybersecurity threats nearly as they happen, Secretary Jeh Johnson said Wednesday.
July 08, 2015
