Government. More than 21 Million People inside and outside the government likely have their personal information stolen. 21 million. Jennifer donnelly joins us live with the details. Thats a lot more than they originally thought. Jennifer thats a lot more than they originally thought, jonathan. We are getting information from abc news that the number is even higher, that its actually 25 Million People who had their personal information stolen. That again is according to sources to abc news. That number more than six times larger than what the office of Personnel Management announced a month ago when they first said they had a breach and released that. At the time, opm had only said about 4. 2 Million People current and warmer federal employees, had and compromised their information possibly compromised. This number more than 25 million is a huge number. Its a scary number for many people across our viewing area. The director of the fbi told a senate panel yesterday that this is a huge
Twitter feeds or sign up for the stormwatch app on your smart phone or tablet. Leon we got breaking news coming and on behalf of the Governments Office of personnel management. Opm announced as many as 25 Million People may be affected by the breach. Jennifer donnelly is standing by with the latest. These hacking hits just keep on coming. Jennifer thats right, and this developing news has 25 Million People asking if they are among the massive number of people who very likely have their identity stolen by hackers. That number of 25 million means the number of those impacted by the breach at opm is six times more than originally thought. Breaking some of that down, you know wether or not you fall into this category, people whose information was, must, government officials said the bulk of the group had applied for background investigations. Almost 2 million of their family members like their wives or husbands or people with whom they lived, who, by the way never applied for a background
Black man with dreads to his shoulders. This home focusing on on 58th street. Two men were shot in what has been ruled a double homicide. We have seen young kids walking home from school with their moms. It is a residential area. A lot of people are coming home to this news and are certainly pretty shocked about it. We will bring you the latest coming up. Sheryl connor, abc seven news. Morehan we are following breaking news. A streetcar finally has an opening date which has been years in the making. , february saturday 27. A lot of people have been waiting for this for a long time. Pope francis with a stunning comment regarding birth control. Michelle he says it is ok for to useho have zika contraception, which is in stark contrast with how the church has operated. Brianne carter has the fallout. Brianne pope francis making these comments on his way back his trip to mexico. Say hee did not specifically approved contraception, he said of under suchegnancy circumstances is not an absolut
You can count on abc 7. Well take you to that News Conference. Well also be streaming that News Conference online at station wjla. Com. You can find extensive coverage of the case. New tonight, we are learning frightening details about a Fairfax County man accused of holding a teenager captive to sexually exploit her. The man is facing charges of abduction. Police say he met his victims online. Northern Virginia Bureau chief is live in falls chief. Jeff, how long has this been going on . This was happening for several month brs it was finally reported to police. At which point the Human Trafficking unit in fairfax got involved in making arrests last month. This was a 17yearold girl who had not been reported missing but is now recovering from it a deeply awful and traumatic xperience. On a quiet culdesac, an awful situation unfolded with a girl just 17 years old. Fairfax police say that several months ago a 17yearold girl met a man on facebook and the two agreed to meet. The 27yearold m
Upstairs, the father waking to the crackling sound of the fire. The gentleman was alerted to the fire outside and tried to notify other occupants to get out and reportedly tried to rescue some of the occupants. Eyewitnesses say the mother tried to rescue their younger daughter. They both died in the fire. It is just a tragedy. Neighbors gathered and watched as investigators searched for a cause. The woman who lived here was her member at as an involved mother. She had a caring heart and was a member of Columbia Baptist Church and always volunteered when she could. She and her family were very close and doing things together. Like the fire leaves the neighborhood children struggling to deal with the loss of a friend. It doesnt seem real she was here on halloween and gone today. They are working as the sun is setting to put the boards on the front of this house and all the windows here. Investigators are wrapping up for the day but they have not determined a cause yet and may that a few