Congress Data Breach Will Have ‘Adverse Impact’ on Thousands, Say House Leaders

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Congressional leaders believe the recent data breach at DC Health Link could have an adverse impact on thousands of people and is “highly problematic.”
Jeffries said in a March 9 press conference that he and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) would “continue to work on this issue in a bipartisan way, get to the bottom of what happened, [and] figure out the implications of what has occurred.
“It doesn’t just impact members of Congress and senators, it will have an adverse impact on hundreds, if not thousands of staff members, their families, and/or the people of the District of Columbia, and that is highly problematic,” Jeffries said of the breach that was announced on March 8….}