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IG sees massive security flaws in CFPB’s consumer financial info database

By Richard Pollock
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IG sees massive security flaws in CFPB’s consumer financial info database

Federal officials are warning for a second time this month of potential security weaknesses with a massive consumer data-mining program run by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Inspector General Mark Bialek warned CFPB Director Richard Cordray that the IG office had “identified information security as a major management challenge for the CFPB due to the advanced, persistent threat to government information technology infrastructure.”

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