USDOT investigating data breach impacting federal employee personal information

The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) told lawmakers late on Friday that a data breach is believed to have potentially impacted the personal information of 237,000 current and former federal employees who receive employee transit benefits. USDOT said in a statement to Reuters the "preliminary investigation has isolated the breach to certain administrative systems at the department used for functions such as employee transit benefits processing.

The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) told lawmakers late on Friday that a data breach is believed to have potentially impacted the personal information of 237,000 current and former federal employees who receive employee transit benefits. USDOT said in a statement to Reuters the "preliminary investigation has isolated the breach to certain administrative systems at the department used for functions such as employee transit benefits processing. It did not affect any transportation safety systems."

USDOT "has suspended access to relevant systems while we further investigate the issue, and secure and restore the systems."