U.S. has yet to notify 21.5 million data breach victims: officials
Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two months after discovering that sensitive personal information on 21.5 million Americans was compromised in a hack of government databanks, none of those affected has been officially notified, government officials said on Tuesday.
The officials from multiple agencies, who are familiar with an investigation into the breach, said the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which oversaw the data, is working with other agencies to set up a system to inform the victims.
One official at OPM, who declined to be identified, said that because of the complicated nature of the data and the fact that government employees and contractors often move among different agencies, it would be weeks before a mechanism was in place.
The official said the government was trying to establish a centralized system rather than leave the notification to separate agencies. OPM is expected to hire an outside contractor but has not yet sought bids for the work.
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I was notified weeks ago, though that was nearly a couple months after I figured out I had been hacked and from what source.
Interesting that my department of the gov. has been alerting and updating us since it was reported in the media. Then again, just goes to show that the MSM doesn't think we actually exist.
