Information on Every Federal Employee Allegedly Stolen In Cyberattack

Data is thought to includes Social Security numbers, military records, addresses, birth dates, pay histories, health insurance and pension information.
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Information on Every Federal Employee Allegedly Stolen In Cyberattack
The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building that houses the Office of Personnel Management headquarters is shown June 5, 2015 in Washington, DC. U.S. Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Joshua Philipp
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An unknown group of hackers may have stolen information on every single employee of the federal government.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which holds records on federal employees and handles their security clearances, announced on June 4 that hackers stole four million records on federal employees.

The national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, J. David Cox, sent a letter to the director of OPM. According to Fox News, he stated that the breach of OPM was much broader than what was is being reported.

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Joshua Philipp
Joshua Philipp
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Joshua Philipp is senior investigative reporter and host of “Crossroads” at The Epoch Times. As an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, his works include "The Real Story of January 6" (2022), "The Final War: The 100 Year Plot to Defeat America" (2022), and "Tracking Down the Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus" (2020).
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