USPS: Use multifactor authentication? You’ll need to set a backup

June 26, 2025 The Postal Service is asking employees who use multifactor authentication to add a backup security method. This will allow continued access to USPS systems and applications if the primary method becomes unavailable, such as when a smartphone is lost or not working. Employees who already have a secondary multifactor authentication method do … Read more

NALC: Arbitrator Nolan renders decision on national-level LiteBlue hack grievance

Arbitrator Nolan denied NALC’s grievance.

USPS OIG: After-Action Review of Unauthorized Access to USPS Employee Self-Service Portal

Background The U.S. Postal Service is the second largest employer in the United States with over 640,000 employees and $2.15 billion in bi-weekly salaries. To provide employees with convenient access to their payroll, benefits, and personnel data, the Postal Service uses the LiteBlue portal. This web-based portal contains several human resources (HR) applications, including PostalEASE, … Read more

USPS issues updates for User Guide and FAQs to access LiteBlue with Multifactor Authentication (MFA)

NPMHU – July 20, 2023 Dear Brothers and Sisters: Please find enclosed a copy of the above-reference USPS issues updates for User Guide and FAQs to Enroll and Sign in to LiteBlue with Multifactor Authentication (MFA) According to the Postal Service, maintaining the privacy of the employees’ personal data is a shared priority of the … Read more

NALC: Fraudulent activity in LiteBlue targeting multifactor authentication

July 14, 2023 USPS officials have informed NALC of additional fraudulent activity against the LiteBlue application. The Postal Service is reporting that this new activity appears to be more sophisticated than the previous infiltration of USPS systems. This breach is compromising the Multifactor Authentication (MFA) one-time passcode feature that was added earlier this year, after … Read more