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OPM Says More Fingerprints Stolen Than Initially Thought

Thursday, September 24th, 2015

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OPM Says More Fingerprints Stolen Than Initially Thought

Several million more individuals had their fingerprints stolen in the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hacks than the initially thought 1.1 million (Defense Daily, July 9), the agency said Wednesday.While analyzing impacted data from the hack with the Defense Department to verify its quality and completeness, the agency discovered 4.5 million additional affected individuals had their fingerprints taken in the breach, for about 5.6 million total. This occurred as part of the government’s work to notify individuals affected by…

Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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Congress

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