August 23, 2006 - MARKEY GRILLS DEPT. OF EDUCATION ON INTERNET SECURITY BREACH, URGES FREE CREDIT MONITORING FOR STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), co-chair of the Privacy Caucus, sent a letter today to Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, after today’s report in the Boston Globe revealed a tremendous breach in security for thousands of Americans who monitor their student loans online. Rep. Markey called on the Department of Education to offer free credit monitoring for all those whose financial information was exposed in the security breach and asked key questions about the problem and its impact on borrowers in Massachusetts and around the country.
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