By Leada Gore, Dec. 19, 2014, Al.com

A company that conducts background checks for the federal government - including investigations on Alabama workers - has been breached, potentially exposing personal data of tens of thousands of federal employees.

The Office of Personnel Management has alerted almost 50,000 federal employees nationwide their personal information may have been exposed following a breach of KeyPoint Government Solutions, Nextgov reported.KeyPoint provides background check services in all 50 states, including Alabama.

OPM told Nextgov while no evidence has been found that personal identifiable information was taken during the hack, it "has elected to conduct these notifications out of an abundance of caution."