One employee used students ' personal information to apply for a loan . A number of other workers were also involved in the illicit scheme . Created 'bogus ' social security details related to another person . Comment: A third was probed last year for promoting his own business using government phones and computers at the taxpayers ' expense . Cyber security campaigners said this is just the 'tip of the iceberg ' and 'bureaucratic incompetence ' could put personal information at risk .
One employee used students ' personal information to apply for a loan . A number of other workers were also involved in the illicit scheme . Created 'bogus ' social security details related to another person . Another government employee lost their job for trying to access Obama 's student loan files in 2011 . A third was probed last year for promoting his own business using government phones and computers at the taxpayers ' expense . Cyber security campaigners said this is just the 'tip of the iceberg ' and 'bureaucratic incompetence ' could put personal information at risk .