The US Government Accountability Office, a research arm of Congress, said in a statement the data involved personally identifiable information on employees including some people who worked there from 2007 to 2017.
The breach, which also included some companies doing business with GAO, may further galvanize concerns about the federal government’s ability to defend .
Cybersecurity experts urged Congress to avoid a government shutdown on Oct. 1 - the start of the new federal fiscal year - telling a House panel that a lapse would