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Lawyers are nearing a settlement deal for the infamous 2015 OPM hack

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Dissent

Attorneys are closing in on a settlement deal that could deliver up to $63 million to some victims of one of the most cataclysmic data breaches in history

The settlement, if approved by a judge, would end a seven-year legal effort to win compensation for more than 21 million current and former federal employees who were victims of the hack of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in 2015, which intelligence officials say was almost certainly perpetrated by the Chinese government.

Read more at The Washington Post, but don’t expect to see compensation for most people.


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