Congress’s Social Security Numbers Leaked in Health Data Breach
Congress was informed of the breach this week, which apparently stemmed from a security incident with DC Health Link, Washington’s government“DC Health Link suffered a significant data breach,” said Catherine Szpindor, the chief administrative officer of the House of Representatives in a letter to her Capital Hill coworkers, according to the
. Exact details about the size of the breach weren’t available, but according to the FBI data about hundreds of politicians and staffers was stolen.on the breach. The AP says it chatted with a black-data reseller on an “online crime forum” who said they have data from 170,000 DC Health Link customers for sale. The data monger said they were acting as a middleman on behalf of a shadowy figure named “thekilob,” which you have to admit is a pretty cool-sounding name for an internet bad guy.
The AP couldn’t get a figure on how much thekilob wants for their data horde, which could mean they’re open to haggling, or perhaps a high-stakes game of data rock paper scissors. Personally,MAR10 Day - Save on Mario Games for Nintendo SwitchOn account of the upcoming Friday, March 10 in the year of our King Koopa, 2023, a whole bunch of Mario games are going on saleThe dark web denizen posted a sample of the data for 12 of the health breach victims.
According to the AP, the weirdo selling the data set online claimed that it was stolen on Monday. They wouldn’t say whether they were involved in the theft, or if they had purchased the data set and were now trying to turn it around for a profit.
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