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For Millions of Hacked Federal Employees, New Fears of Identity Theft

 

Experts puzzled by possible links between suspected Chinese espionage and a fraudulent car-loan scheme in Maryland

 

By Dustin Volz in Washington and Robert McMillan in San Francisco

June 22, 2018

Some current and former federal government employees are taking a look at their credit activity after the Justice Department said this week that data stolen by suspected Chinese hackers in 2014 cyberattacks at the Office of Personnel Management may have been used to commit identity fraud.

 

Federal prosecutors on Monday said a Maryland couple had pleaded guilty to using information stolen in the OPM breach to set up fraudulent car-loan applications with a Newport News, Va., credit union.

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-millions-of-hacked-federal-employees-new-fears-of-identity-theft-1529700194