Oversight head: Hackers would hit mother lode at Education Department

House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) is warning that a hack on the Department of Education would dwarf last year’s massive breach at the Office of Personnel Management.

“Almost half of America’s records are sitting at the Department of Education,” Chaffetz said at a Brookings Institution event on Thursday. “I think ultimately that’s going to be the largest data breach that we’ve ever seen in the history of our nation.” The Department of Education’s cybersecurity practices have been in the spotlight since a November Inspector General (IG) report found widespread deficiencies.

The agency also received an F grade on a federal scorecard that ranks agencies on the implementation of four key provisions of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), which was enacted in December 2014.

Oversight lawmakers lambasted the department for its poor cybersecurity during a November hearing, hitting the agency for a failure to heed repeated warnings from the IG For the full article click here 

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