Federal contractor KeyPoint breached affecting thousands of security workers

A cyberattack hit KeyPoint Government Solutions in 2014, exposing files belonging to more than 40,000 federal workers. KeyPoint handled background checks for national security clearances. The Office of Personnel Management told affected workers about the breach and offered them free credit monitoring. Investigators found no clear proof that sensitive data was actually taken. This was the second major breach that year at a company doing this kind of work. KeyPoint had become the biggest private firm for federal clearances after a rival, USIS, lost its government contract following a separate attack on 25,000 Homeland Security workers. The government responded by requiring contractors to meet stronger security standards.