Education Department cyber breach could dwarf OPM hack

From: FederalNewsRadio.com

By Scott Maucione

The Education Department is facing the prospect of a cyber breach that would dwarf what the Office of Personnel Management experienced in 2015, warned a key lawmaker this week.

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“If you apply for a student loan you are sending this information, not only about yourself, but about mom, about dad and all the investments, all the account numbers, all the assets that you have. They have how many of these records? Almost half of America’s records are sitting at the Department of Education,” Chaffetz said. “I think ultimately that’s going to be the largest data breach that we’ve ever seen in the history of our nation.”

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2 responses to “Education Department cyber breach could dwarf OPM hack”

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