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    Fraudster caught using OPM hack data from 2015

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    Daniel Cooper
    Daniel Cooper
    06.19.2018

    Way back in 2015, the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was electronically burgled, with hackers making off with 21.5 million records. That data included social security numbers, fingerprints, usernames, passwords and data from interviews conducted for background checks. Now, a woman from Maryland has admitted to using data from that breach to secure fraudulent loans through a credit union.