{"id":55326,"date":"2016-11-23T20:24:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T20:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=55326"},"modified":"2016-11-23T20:24:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T20:24:56","slug":"hud-security-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/hud-security-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"HUD Security Breaches Result in More Than 475,000 Leaked Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>HUD Breaches Leave Thousands Exposed<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalmortgagenews.com\/news\/compliance-regulation\/hud-breach-exposes-private-information-of-nearly-500000-people-1091313-1.html\">National Mortgage News<\/a> reported the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) suffered two major breaches in August and September. The first resulted in over 50,000 leaked records, and the second, over 420,000 records. The exposure was through the\u00a0department&#8217;s website, where this private information was inadvertently made public.<\/p>\n<p>The individuals whose information was compromised, received a letter in November disclosing the details of the breach, along with free credit monitoring services for a year.<\/p>\n<p>There\u00a0are no reports of the data being used inappropriately at this time; however, it certainly could\u00a0occur in the future. This is why all impacted individuals are encouraged to\u00a0utilize the free credit monitoring services being\u00a0offered.\u00a0 To do so, users must enroll no later than March 31, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HUD Breaches Leave Thousands Exposed National Mortgage News reported the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) suffered two major breaches in August and September. The first resulted in over 50,000 leaked records, and the second, over 420,000 records. 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