Federal Workers Union Sues U.S. Agency

The National Treasury Employees Union said on Wednesday it has sued a federal government hiring agency over recent cyberattacks, alleging it violated constitutional privacy rights of NTEU members by failing to keep their personnel records safe. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, asked the court to declare the Office of Personnel Management's failure to improve cybersecurity to be unconstitutional. OPM has been tight-lipped about the extent of the security hack announced last month, which other federal agencies have said could have compromised personal information of as many as 18 million Americans.