{"id":1886714,"date":"2023-03-14T11:29:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T15:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-members-to-be-briefed-after-data-breach-exposes-health-insurance-information\/"},"modified":"2023-03-14T11:32:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T15:32:38","slug":"house-members-to-be-briefed-after-data-breach-exposes-health-insurance-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-members-to-be-briefed-after-data-breach-exposes-health-insurance-information\/","title":{"rendered":"House members to be briefed after data breach exposes health insurance information"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-members-to-be-briefed-after-data-breach-exposes-health-insurance-information%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1886714&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78803986\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Sen. 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Bipartisan briefing will be the first to address the breach of DC Health Link, a Washington, D.C. insurance marketplace that thousands of Hill staffers use for their healthcare coverage. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/major-data-breach-exposes-personal-information-hundreds-of-lawmakers-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAJOR DATA BREACH EXPOSES PERSONAL INFORMATION OF \u2018HUNDREDS&#8217; OF LAWMAKERS AND STAFF<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Congress was first to be notified that the company&#8217;s security had been compromised. This put thousands of customers at risk. The personal data included email addresses, names, birth dates and Social Security numbers. Insurance policy information was also released. <\/p>\n<p>Later, staffers and lawmakers were informed that the leak had also affected family members covered by their insurance policies. Some data could be sold online. <\/p>\n<p>Although it is not clear what caused the breach, House Chief Administrative Officer Catherine Szpindor believes that the culprits are still unknown. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23699015-screen-shot-2023-03-08-at-75418-pm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Last week, I told staffers<\/a> The leak did not appear targeted against legislators. However, the leaker claimed that more information was still to come. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More data exists, but will not be leaked for the time being,&#8221; The user Denfur posted. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/dc-health-data-posted-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to<\/a> <i>CyberScoop<\/i>. &#8220;The use of it is something important. More than one database were exposed.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>According to the D.C. Health Benefit Exchange, more than 56,400 customers&#8217; data was stolen in the breach. DC Health Link officials said that they are working closely with law enforcement and forensic experts to investigate the matter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More from&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/house-members-briefed-after-data-breach-health-insurance\">House members will be briefed following a data breach that exposes information about health insurance<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HThe briefings for all members of the group will take place on major data breach That led to the last week&#8217;s leakage of thousands of Capitol Hill staffers&#8217; and legislators&#8217; health insurance information. 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