FBI Investigates the Leak of Confidential Data of Members and Employees of the US House of Representatives

The FBI is investigating a data breach that affected members and staff of the US House of Representatives (the lower house of the US Congress).

Also information security specialists report that Acronis Breached, Internal Data Leaked.

The fact is that the attackers put up for sale on a hacker forum confidential and personal information stolen from the servers of the DC Health Link organization, which manages health care plans for members of the US House of Representatives, their employees, and their families.

According to the chief administrator of the House of Representatives, Catherine Szpindor, all those affected have already been notified of the leak in an email.

In turn, the publication Bleeping Computer reports that the stolen data has already been put up for sale on a hacker forum by the user IntelBroker. A sample of stolen data published by the perpetrator shows that the dump contains information from approximately 170,000 people, including their names, dates of birth, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, and more.

The information was put up for sale on Monday, March 6, 2023. At the same time, the hacker writes that the data has already been sold to at least one buyer.

According to NBC News, the FBI was able to confirm the authenticity of the data published by the hacker, as they acquired some of the stolen information and verified it.