US Government Accounting Office says it was notified of data breach by IT contractor CGI Federal

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(Reuters) – The U.S. Government Accounting Office says it was notified of a data breach by IT contractor GCI Federal.

Reuters could not immediately ascertain the size and scope of the breach. The GAO said that about 6,000 people, “primarily current and former GAO employees from 2007 to 2017,” had been affected but did not immediately respond when asked whether other departments had been affected.