OPM is the latest in a long series of agencies to announce new in-the-office requirements. In May, the Department of Veterans Affairsannouncedit will require employees on telework agreements in the National Capital Region to report for a minimum of five days in the office each pay period star...
Emhoff (“Emhoff”), worked at the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”) office in Punxsutawney, Jefferson County. On June 8, 2022, Ms. Royer received a written notice of a pre-disciplinary conference (“PDC”) regarding a separate workplace issue. Royer became angry about ...
” Anastasoff said. “These are technologists who have gotten to hear stories from NASA, the United States Digital Service, the VA, the Department of Agriculture, the General Services Administration. These are agencies that normally folks in the tech world aren’t going to...
Six months later (September 2015), the OPM announced that a deeper review of the hack turned up more information: A review by the OPM and the Defense Department revealed that the number of fingerprints that had been stolen was actually 5.6 million. ...
OPM’s relationship with its inspector general has gone from a difference of opinion to a heated schism on the subject of IT security in its latest audit.
That quote aptly explains why a nation like China might wish to hoover up data from the OPM and a network of healthcare providers that serve federal employees: If you were a state and wished to recruit foreign spies or uncover traitors within your own ranks, what sort of goldmine might thi...
Once Captain America’s name popped up, there could be little doubt that the Office of Personnel Management had been hit by an advanced persistent threat (APT)—security-speak for a well-financed, often state-sponsored team of hackers. APTs like China’s Unit 61398 have no interest in run-...
Depending on in which state you reside, there may bea small feeto place and/or thaw a freeze on your credit file, and freezing them at all four major bureaus (Equifax,Experian,InnovisandTrans Union) could cost as much as $60. But this is a small price to pay for peace of mind. ...
Multiple media reports reveal the USIS hack for the first time. In a statement, the company says the attack “has all the markings of a state-sponsored attack.” Officials initially said the USIS breach appeared unrelated to the March 2014 attempted intrusion at OPM. Some 27,000 Department ...
of Biotechnology, Beijing, China; 2State key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China; 3The General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Beijing, China and 4Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of ...