Sensitive information has been posted online from last week’s 'significant data breach' of the health insurance marketplace for Washington, D.C., that affected members of Congress, according to Senate staffers briefed on the hack.
In an email to Senate offices, staffers from the Intelligence Committee said they “learned that breached information is already up on one of the big hacker breach sites.”
On March 6, before the breach was public, a user on a dark web forum popular with criminal hackers claimed to have access to data — including the names, Social Security numbers, contact information and family members, as well as other information — of a handful of DC Health Link users and claimed to offer the full database for sale. NBC News hasn't verified the authenticity of the data.
DC Health Link said in a notice it sent to affected users Wednesday, viewed by NBC News, that it learned of the breach after it was notified March 6 that users’ data “had been exposed on a public forum.”
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Senate health scares underscore age of American political leaders after McConnell fallThe age of American politicians in power is under scrutiny after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, 81, fell at a Washington, D.C., dinner last week.
Read more »
Some worry thousands of Mississippi children will lose health coverage as public health emergency endsMississippi’s Medicaid division will begin examining its roughly 890,000 recipients to determine their eligibility starting April 1.
Read more »
The Fabulist in the WoodsIn Northampton with Kelly Link and her community of like-minded writers.
Read more »
Treasury to Release Biden Family's Suspicious Bank Info to InvestigatorsThe Treasury Department will comply and release suspicious activity reports (SARs) generated by the Biden family and their associates’ business transactions to the House Oversight Committee, Breitbart News has learned.
Read more »
Texas lawmaker's bill would block access to info on abortion pills online, ban discussing themThe bill would even require phone and cable companies to block users' access to online information about how to get abortion pills. Texas txlege TexasAbortionBan AbortionIsHealthcare abortionrights FreeSpeechIsFundamental WomensHealth txpolitics
Read more »