OPM hack may have affected 32 million government employees

MarketWatch: The hacks at the Office of Personnel Management may have compromised the data of 32 million current, former and prospective federal employees, Politico reported Wednesday.

The figure, cited by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Wednesday, was included in OPM’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year and is nearly double the previously reported estimate of about 18 million. It also could include potential military enlistees.

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