Senate Appropriations OKs 10-year credit monitoring for feds

By Lauren Larson – July 22, 2015 (Updated July 23, 2015) The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment today to give victims of the Office of Personnel Management data breaches no less than 10 years of identity and credit-monitoring services and $5 million in liability protection for related damages. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an…

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Senators Call for Stronger, Expanded Protections for Millions Affected by Recent OPM Data Breaches

Press Release – July 9, 2015 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) with Senators Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) have introduced legislation to better protect federal workers and all those potentially affected by the recent cyberattacks on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data system. Outraged by the…

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