The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has confirmed an IT security breach through which Social Security numbers, bank routing numbers and other personal data involving nearly 8,000 people, mostly current agency employees, were exposed, according to an article from CRN.
The breach, which occurred in March of this year, is under investigation by the EPA, and, according to a report from the Washington Business Journal, occurred through an email that contained a malicious attachment. The report goes on to quote federal officials who believe it is unlikely that any of the information was shared with anyone, the CRN article states.