Federal Aviation Administration Hacked

Letters are being sent to some 45,000 employees and retirees of the Federal Aviation Administration due to a hacker break-in on the agency’s computers.

On February 9th, 2 of the agency’s 48 computers were hacked into, compromising the personal information of thousands of FAA employees and retirees from the beginning of 2006 onward.

There has been no other security breach at this agency before, although there was an incident years back where employees were receiving anti-union mail. It is believed that the data was taken from an FAA computer file, but there was no investigation that led to any identifying information.

Those affected should be cautious and monitor their credit reports.