The Department of Justice, in a rare move, has objected to incentive awards within a proposed $63 million class action settlement over a 2014 data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, or OPM.

Plaintiffs lawyers are asking for $5,000 each for 36 named plaintiffs in the case, brought against the OPM and Peraton Risk Decision Inc., a contractor who did background checks for the U.S. government.

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