According to a letter to Congress, the Washington, D.C., breach “significantly increase the risk that members, staff and their families will experience identity theft, financial crimes and physical threats.”
By LISA MASCARO and FRANK BAJAK, The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — House leaders say the impact of a hack of health insurance marketplace used by members of Congress “could be extraordinary,” exposing sensitive personal data of lawmakers, their employees and families., which runs the exchange, said an unspecified number of customers were affected and it was notifying them and working with law enforcement to quantify the damage. It said it was offering identity theft service to those affected and extending credit monitoring to all customers.
Some 11,000 of the exchange’s more than 100,000 participants work in the House and Senate or are relatives. In a letter to the exchange’s director posted on Twitter, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said the breach “significantly increase the risk that Members, staff and their families will experience identity theft, financial crimes, and physical threats.
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