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CFPB can’t say if data on abandoned office kit is safe, watchdog finds

The consumer finance agency left IT equipment behind when it shut four regional offices in early 2025.

Tarun Mottlia

Via TNW | Data-security

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CFPB can’t say if data on abandoned office kit is safe, watchdog finds
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The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot confirm that IT equipment it left in four closed offices is secure, a watchdog has found. J.J. McCorvey reported the audit for Bloomberg.

The bureau ended the leases on its New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Atlanta offices in early 2025. It left technology behind, and still cannot confirm that the kit, or any data on it, is secure.

The inspector general for the Federal Reserve…

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