DOE confirms July 2013 cyber incident impacting 53,000 employees

The Energy Department office chief information officer has confirmed that a cyber incident in late July resulted in the unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable information of approximately 53,000 past and current federal employees, including dependents and contractors.

Although an investigation is still ongoing to determine exactly whose personally identifiable information was affected, DOE says hackers compromised individual names, social security numbers, and dates of birth. Energy is offering affected individuals free credit monitoring services for a year. Likely affected individuals should receive a letter by Sept. 15, the department says.

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