ECMC Student Loan Personal Information Breach Of Millions Being Investigated

April 20th, 2010 admin

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that he is seeking more details about a data breach at Educational Credit Management Corporation (ECMC) that may have exposed personal information on 3.3 million federal student loan borrowers, including hundreds of thousands from Connecticut. Minnesota law enforcement officials announced that they have recovered the stolen data and arrested a


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