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The US Department of Transportation is reeling after a massive data breach
The US Department of Transportation is reeling after a massive data breach
A massive data breach, believed to affect the personal information of 237,000 current and former federal employees, has hit the US Department of Transportation (USDOT).
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A massive data breach believed to affect the personal information of 237,000 current and former federal employees has become the latest to debut for the US Department of Transportation (USDOT). It is unclear whether any of the personal information used in the cyberattack was used for criminal purposes, or who the hackers may have been, USDOT said in a press release. On Friday, the Department notified Congress by email of the unauthorized access to classified information. Lawmakers were told that the initial investigation found it targeted “some of the department’s systems used for administrative functions, such as the processing of employee transit benefits.” These are TRANServe transit benefits that reimburse state employees for certain commuting expenses, with a maximum benefit of $280 per month. The department said access to the transit benefits system was “suspended” while it investigated the breach. No transportation security systems were affected by the hack, the USDOT was quick to assure in a statement. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is now investigating whether and what kind of flaws could have made the department vulnerable to such an intrusion. It’s not the first such data leak to affect federal workers and agencies. Sensitive data belonging to more than 22 million people, including 4.2 million active and federal employees and the fingerprint data of about 5.6 million people, was breached in 2014 and 2015 at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM). As for the US Department of Transportation and its current secretary, Pete Buttigieg, they faced a disastrous nationwide flight shutdown at the start of the year. A “corrupted database file” caused thousands of flights to be canceled or delayed.
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Whether it’s US federal agencies, tech giants like Apple, or mobile payment service customers, no one is safe from brazen cyber attacks by hackers using personal databases and sensitive information. Cybercrime is expected to become a $10 trillion annual industry by 2025.
Lawmakers were told that an initial investigation found it was aimed at “Certain departmental systems used for administrative functions, such as processing employee transit benefits.“This TRANServe: Transit benefits are benefits that reimburse state employees for some of their commuting expenses, with a maximum benefit of $280 per month.
The department said access to the transit privilege system was “suspended” while it investigated the breach.
No transportation security systems were affected by the hack, the USDOT was quick to assure in a statement. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is now investigating whether and what kind of flaws could have made the agency vulnerable to such an intrusion.
It’s not the first such data leak to affect federal workers and agencies. Sensitive data belonging to more than 22 million people, including 4.2 million active and federal employees and the fingerprint data of about 5.6 million people, was breached in 2014 and 2015 at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
