WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - The personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees has been exposed in a data breach at the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT), sources briefed on the matter said on Friday.The breach hit systems for processing TRANServe transit benefits that reimburse government employees for some commuting costs. It was not clear if any of the personal information had been used for criminal purposes.Advertisement · Scroll to continueReport this adUSDOT notified Congress Friday in an email seen by Reuters that its initial investigation of the data breach has "isolated the breach to certain systems at the department used for administrative functions, such as employee transit benefits processing."USDOT said in a statement to Reuters the breach did not affect any transportation safety systems. It did not say who might be responsible for the hack.Advertisement · Scroll to continueThe department is investigating the breach and has frozen access to the transit benefit system until it has been secured and restored, it said.The maximum benefit allowance is $280 per month for federal employee mass transit commuting costs. The breach impacted 114,000 current employees and 123,000 former employees.Federal employees and agencies have been target of hackers in the past.Two breaches at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in 2014 and 2015 compromised sensitive data belonging to more than 22 million people, including 4.2 million current and federal employees along with fingerprint data of 5.6 million of those individuals.Advertisement · Scroll to continueReport this adSuspected Russian hackers who used SolarWinds and Microsoft software to burrow into U.S. federal agencies breached unclassified Justice Department networks and read emails at the Treasury, Commerce and Homeland Security departments. Nine federal agencies were breached, Reuters reported in 2021.
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WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - The personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees has been exposed in a data breach at the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT), sources briefed on the matter said on Friday.The breach hit systems for processing TRANServe transit benefits that reimburse government employees for some commuting costs. It was not clear if any of the personal information had been used for criminal purposes.Advertisement · Scroll to continueReport this adUSDOT notified Congress Friday in an email seen by Reuters that its initial investigation of the data breach has "isolated the breach to certain systems at the department used for administrative functions, such as employee transit benefits processing."USDOT said in a statement to Reuters the breach did not affect any transportation safety systems. It did not say who might be responsible for the hack.Advertisement · Scroll to continueThe department is investigating the breach and has frozen access to the transit benefit system until it has been secured and restored, it said.The maximum benefit allowance is $280 per month for federal employee mass transit commuting costs. The breach impacted 114,000 current employees and 123,000 former employees.Federal employees and agencies have been target of hackers in the past.Two breaches at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in 2014 and 2015 compromised sensitive data belonging to more than 22 million people, including 4.2 million current and federal employees along with fingerprint data of 5.6 million of those individuals.Advertisement · Scroll to continueReport this adSuspected Russian hackers who used SolarWinds and Microsoft software to burrow into U.S. federal agencies breached unclassified Justice Department networks and read emails at the Treasury, Commerce and Homeland Security departments. Nine federal agencies were breached, Reuters reported in 2021.
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WASHINGTON, 12 de mayo (Reuters) - La información personal de 237,000 empleados actuales y antiguos del gobierno federal ha sido expuesta en una violación de datos en el Departamento de Transporte de los EE. UU. (USDOT), dijeron fuentes informadas sobre el asunto el viernes. La violación afectó a los sistemas para procesar los beneficios de tránsito de TRANServe que reembolsan a los empleados del gobierno por algunos costos de viaje. No estaba claro si alguna de la información personal había sido utilizada con fines delictivos.
El USDOT notificó al Congreso el viernes en un correo electrónico visto por Reuters que su investigación inicial de la violación de datos ha "aislado la violación a ciertos sistemas en el departamento utilizados para funciones administrativas, como el procesamiento de beneficios de tránsito para empleados". USDOT dijo en un comunicado a Reuters que la violación no afectó a ningún sistema de seguridad del transporte. No dijo quién podría ser responsable del hackeo.
El departamento está investigando la violación y ha congelado el acceso al sistema de beneficios de tránsito hasta que se haya asegurado y restaurado, dijo. La asignación máxima de beneficios es de $280 por mes para los costos de viaje en transporte público de los empleados federales. La violación afectó a 114,000 empleados actuales y 123,000 ex empleados.
Los empleados y agencias federales han sido objetivo de los hackers en el pasado. Dos violaciones en la Oficina de Administración de Personal de los EE. UU. (OPM) en 2014 y 2015 comprometieron datos sensibles pertenecientes a más de 22 millones de personas, incluyendo 4.2 millones de empleados actuales y federales junto con datos de huellas dactilares de 5.6 millones de esos individuos.
Se sospecha que hackers rusos que utilizaron software de SolarWinds y Microsoft para infiltrarse en agencias federales de los EE. UU. violaron redes no clasificadas del Departamento de Justicia y leyeron correos electrónicos en los departamentos de Tesoro, Comercio y Seguridad Nacional. Nueve agencias federales fueron violadas, informó Reuters en 2021.
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On May 12, the U.S. Department of Transportation notified Congress of a data breach affecting 237,000 current and former government employees. The compromised data pertained to TRANServe, a system for reimbursing commuting costs. So far, it is unclear who perpetrated this attack.
The department is investigating the breach and has frozen access to the transit benefit system until it has been secured and restored, it said.The maximum benefit allowance is $280 per month for federal employee mass transit commuting costs. The breach impacted 114,000 current employees and 123,000 former employees.Federal employees and agencies have been target of hackers in the past.Two breaches at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in 2014 and 2015 compromised sensitive data belonging to more than 22 million people, including 4.2 million current and federal employees along with fingerprint data of 5.6 million of those individuals.
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