CFPB Data Breaches Compromised Consumer Info, Congress Told
November 4, 2013
The CFPB privately acknowledged to members of Congress recently that the bureau has had at least three data breaches thus far involving personally identifiable information from individuals who submitted complaints through the CFPBs consumer response system. The admission was included among pages and pages of answers the bureau sent in response to numerous questions officials had received from lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Rep. Keith Rothfus, R-PA, brought the breaches to the publics attention last week during a hearing on CFPB reform...