US Office of Personnel Management breach (OPM-2015)
Data theft · disclosed 2015-06-04 · region: US · primary attribution: Deep Panda
Sectors touched: Public Administration · Executive, Legislative & Other General Government Support
PRC-attributed theft of ~21.5M security-clearance background investigation records (SF-86 forms) covering current and former US federal employees, contractors, and family members, plus 5.6M fingerprints. Considered the most-damaging US counter-intelligence loss in cyber history.
Named victims
- US Office of Personnel Management