(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Nearly 21.5 million current and former US government workers' information was stolen by hackers from US government databases, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) updated on Thursday.
"This includes 19.7 million individuals that applied for a background investigation, and 1.8 million non-applicants, predominantly spouses or co-habitants of applicants," said the statement.
The information included details such as social security numbers, residency, health, and education history.
"OPM continues to take aggressive action to strengthen its broader cyber defenses and information technology (IT) systems, in partnership with experts from DOD (Department of Defense), the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and its other interagency partners," the statement affirmed.
Last month officials indicated that 4.2 million personnel records were breached in a separate attack. China has been in the spotlight as the alleged perpetrator the recent attacks on US servers but it has not largely been confirmed. (end)
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