The personal information of thousands of small businesses applying for federal disaster loans was potentially exposed to other applicants, marking the latest glitch in the rollout of government programs designed to help companies crippled by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Data breach may have exposed personal information of thousands of SBA emergency loan applicants
Nearly 8,000 applicants may have seen identifiable details of other applicants before the Small Business Administration fixed and relaunched the site
April 21, 2020 at 3:31 p.m. EDT