"Rubio, Cardin, Velázquez Send Letter to SBA on EIDL Data Breach"
Summary
A Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship press release dated April 23, 2020, reporting that Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) sent a letter to SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza about reports of a data breach affecting nearly 8,000 businesses that applied for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. The release includes the full text of the letter, which states that Congress provided $675 million for SBA administrative costs in the CARES Act and an additional $2.1 billion in the interim supplemental. The letter asks SBA for a complete accounting of the incident, including how the breach occurred, the number of individuals and firms affected, when they were notified, the period of exposure and steps taken to secure applicant information.
Summary drafted by a model from the document's text below and checked by script against that text before publication. It is a navigation aid, not a reading of what the document proves. Where AI is used
Full text
Title: Rubio, Cardin, Velázquez Send Letter to SBA on EIDL Data Breach Date: 2020-04-23 Rubio, Cardin, Velázquez Send Letter to SBA on EIDL Data Breach April 23, 2020 Miami, FL — U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Small Business, sent a letter to Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), asking the agency for a complete accounting with regard to recent reports of a data breach of personally identifiable information for nearly 8,000 businesses that had applied for the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. “SBA must immediately provide a complete accounting of this incident, including a summary of information about the data breach and how the breach occurred, the number of individuals and firms that may have been affected, when SBA notified those individuals and firms possibly affected, the period of time information was compromised, and what steps SBA has taken to ensure that applicant information is secure going forward,” the Members wrote. “We do not need to emphasize how vulnerable the nation’s small businesses are right now. More than ever, they are counting on SBA to deliver vital assistance in a responsible and competent manner. Please know that Congress stands ready to work with you to prevent future breaches of this kind.” The full text of the letter is below. Dear Administrator Carranza: We are writing to express serious concern about recent reports in the media that the Small Business Administration (SBA) permitted sensitive, personally identifiable information of thousands of Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applicants to become exposed. We appreciate that SBA is taking on an unprecedented role in the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic and is rapidly expanding its capacity in real time. As we have worked to address COVID-19, Congress has relied on SBA’s assessment of the resources necessary for this undertaking, providing $675 million for administrative costs in the CARES Act and an additional $2.1 billion in the interim supplemental. The American people deserve a detailed accounting of what policies and procedures SBA has implemented to protect small business owners’ personally identifiable information given the volume and sensitivity of the information the agency now receives. SBA must immediately provide a complete accounting of this incident, including: a summary of information about the data breach and how the breach occurred; the number of individuals and firms that may have been affected; when SBA notified those individuals and firms possibly affected; the period of time information was compromised; and what steps SBA has taken to ensure that applicant information is secure going forward. We do not need to emphasize how vulnerable the nation’s small businesses are right now. More than ever, they are counting on SBA to deliver vital assistance in a responsible and competent manner. Please know that Congress stands ready to work with you to prevent future breaches of this kind. Sincerely, Permalink: https://www.sbc.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2020/4/rubio-cardin-vel-zquez-send-letter-to-sba-on-eidl-data-breach
File and source
- File
- 2020-04-23_rubio-cardin-velazquez-s-to-sba_rubio-cardin-velazquez-send-letter-to-sba-on-eidl-data.txt
- Size
- 3,521 bytes
- SHA-256
- 8b37b35960bd3c4cd766953152139371b0d28187875cf3d721c53f3236caa44d
- Original
- www.sbc.senate.gov