Cyberattack targets federal employee data

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The personal information of more than 123,000 participants in a retirement savings program for federal employees was accessed in a sophisticated cyberattack that happened last July, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board announced on Friday.

The attack was targeted at a computer belonging to Serco, a firm that provides services to the Thrift Savings Plan. The FBI informed Serco and the FRTIB of the hacking incident in April.

The names, addresses and Social Security numbers of around 43,000 people were accessed, according to the Thrift Savings Plan website. The Social Security numbers and other information belonging to about 80,000 other people — but not their names — were also accessed.