An electronic breach targeted the data of 237,000 US government employees
An electronic breach targeted the data of 237,000 US government employees
An electronic breach targeted the data of 237,000 US government employees
Informed sources revealed that an electronic infiltration operation targeted the US Department of Transportation, and resulted in the disclosure of personal information of up to 237,000 current and former federal government employees.
The sources pointed out, according to Reuters, that the operation was aimed at infiltrating the systems for processing dues of the (Transserv) transportation program, which pays some of the transportation costs of government employees. It was not clear if any of the employees’ personal information was used for criminal purposes.
For its part, the Department of Transportation said yesterday (Friday) that its initial investigation into the data breach concluded that the intrusion was limited to certain systems in the ministry that are used for administrative tasks, such as processing employee transfer entitlements.
The ministry added that the infiltration did not affect any of the transportation safety systems, and that it was investigating the matter, and access to the transfer dues system was prevented until it was secured and operational again.
