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Mark Warner urged OPM\u2019s acting director to ensure identity protection services continue for the more than 21 million individuals affected by the 2015 breach. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/fedscoop\/84990\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/doge-could-scrap-identity-protections-for-those-impacted-by-opm-breach-senator-warns.jpg?resize=640%2C432&ssl=1\" class=\"single-article__cover-image wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/doge-could-scrap-identity-protections-for-those-impacted-by-opm-breach-senator-warns-5.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/doge-could-scrap-identity-protections-for-those-impacted-by-opm-breach-senator-warns-5.jpg?resize=300,202 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/doge-could-scrap-identity-protections-for-those-impacted-by-opm-breach-senator-warns-5.jpg?resize=768,518 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/doge-could-scrap-identity-protections-for-those-impacted-by-opm-breach-senator-warns-5.jpg?resize=600,405 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/doge-could-scrap-identity-protections-for-those-impacted-by-opm-breach-senator-warns-5.jpg?resize=249,168 249w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/doge-could-scrap-identity-protections-for-those-impacted-by-opm-breach-senator-warns-5.jpg?resize=499,337 499w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/doge-could-scrap-identity-protections-for-those-impacted-by-opm-breach-senator-warns-5.jpg?resize=1000,675 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><figcaption> Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., questions U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer during a Senate Finance Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"24.288428910757\"><body readability=\"50.182438192668\"><\/p>\n<p>A top Senate Intelligence Democrat is warning the Office of Personnel Management against cancelling identity protection services that have been provided to current and former federal employees since their data was exposed in the massive 2015 OPM data breach.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warner.senate.gov\/public\/_cache\/files\/2\/0\/20bd2a19-40bd-4ffa-9199-ed314c05801d\/E7DC7679F281EB184B867384A8660C19D4179D2C432EDC1327A0FE05461888D7.letter-to-opm-on-identity-protections-for-feds-from-2015-chinese-opm-hack-05-16-2025.pdf\">letter<\/a> sent Friday to OPM acting Director Charles Ezell, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., expressed concerns about Department of Government Efficiency-instituted cuts to the personnel agency and plans that it may have to \u201ccurtail identity theft monitoring for millions of public servants and their families whose information was compromised in 2015.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge you to ensure that identity theft protection services for the impacted individuals from the 2015 OPM breach continue, as required by law,\u201d wrote Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The breach of OPM servers by Chinese-backed hackers rocked Washington and the federal workforce a decade ago, as the Social Security numbers, birthdates, addresses and other personal information of more than 21 million individuals were exposed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the time, Warner, his Virginia Senate colleague Tim Kaine and then-Sens. Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski of Maryland <a href=\"https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/recover-act-opm-breach-2015\/\">co-sponsored the RECOVER Act<\/a> to provide identity protection services to those impacted by the OPM breach. <\/p>\n<p>Congress appropriated funds for those services \u201cfor a period of not less than 10 years.\u201d A 2017 Government Accountability Office report found that OPM had <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/2015-breach-opm-overpaid-identify-theft-protections-report-finds\/\">overpaid for an identity theft insurance program<\/a>, but the protections have continued and the expiration of those contracts now looms at the end of fiscal 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to Warner, \u201cDOGE has signaled that these protections may be in jeopardy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny attempt to prematurely phase out services to the victims of the 2015 OPM breach will introduce tremendous risk to former and current federal employees and create an opportunity for America\u2019s adversaries and criminals to target and potentially further compromise millions of Americans,\u201d Warner wrote, adding that 1.1 million sets of fingerprints plus detailed financial and health records were also exposed.<\/p>\n<p>If OPM decides to \u201calter or terminate\u201d the current identity protection contracts, Warner asks Ezell to inform his office and relevant congressional committees as soon as he makes a decision.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"4.0666666666667\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"15\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/doge-could-scrap-identity-protections-for-those-impacted-by-opm-breach-senator-warns-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Matt Bracken\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Matt Bracken<\/h4>\n<p> Matt Bracken is the managing editor of FedScoop and CyberScoop, overseeing coverage of federal government technology policy and cybersecurity. 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