The cyber attack against the Office of Personnel Management turns out to be part of a year-long coordinated effort to steal federal employee and contractors’ personal data in bulk. The Homeland Security Department issued an alert in May detailing a series of attacks against government and industry. Federal News Radio’s executive editor Jason Miller joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to explain why federal employees need to be especially aware of targeted spear phishing attacks. Read Jason’s related story.

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