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Hack May Expose Lawmakers’ Personal Data

A serious breach at a healthcare administrator serving the U.S. House of Representatives has potentially exposed the personal data of hundreds of lawmakers and their staff, top representatives and a senior Congressional official said in letters circulated, Reuters reports.

One of the letters, which the House’s Chief Administrative Officer Catherine Szpindor (CAO) sent to members of Congress and which Reuters saw, said a “significant data breach” at DC Health Link had potentially exposed the personal information of thousands of enrollees.

“Currently, I do not know the size and scope of the breach,” Szpindor wrote, although she said the Federal Bureau of Investigation had told her that the “hundreds of Member and House staff” had been affected. “At this time, it does not appear that Members of the House of Representatives were the specific targets of the attack,” she added.

{Matzav.com}

From Matzav, here.