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Data Breach Could Compromise Lawmakers’ Personal Information

Members of Congress and their staffs have been affected by a data breach on the D.C. Health Link marketplace. The breach may have compromised personal identifying information of potentially thousands of lawmakers, their spouses, dependents and employees.

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  • The online health insurance marketplace for members of Congress and Washington, D.C., residents was subjected to a hack that compromised the personal identifying information of potentially thousands of lawmakers, their spouses, dependents and employees.
  • Federal investigators had been able to purchase personal information about members of Congress and their families on the “dark web” because of the breach.
  • The data of senators and their staffs were also compromised, including “full names, date of enrollment, relationship (self, spouse, child), and email address, but no other personally identifiable information.”.
  • The cause, size and scope of the data breach affecting D.C. Health Link was not immediately known.
  • House leaders are now demanding answers from Mila Kofman, the director of the D.C. Health Benefit Exchange Authority.
Data Breach Could Compromise Lawmakers’ Personal Information
A cyberattack on the District of Columbia’s online health insurance marketplace may have compromised identifying data of many members of Congress and other users.
The New York TimesBy Luke Broadwater

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