From: FederalNewsRadio.com 1500 am
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“Federal experts believe that, as of now, the ability to misuse fingerprint data is limited,” Schumach said in the statement.” However, this probability could change over time as technology evolves. “Therefore, an interagency working group with expertise in this area — including the FBI, DHS, DOD, and other members of the Intelligence Community — will review the potential ways adversaries could misuse fingerprint data now and in the future. This group will also seek to develop potential ways to prevent such misuse. If, in the future, new means are developed to misuse the fingerprint data, the government will provide additional information to individuals whose fingerprints may have been stolen in this breach.”
The additional discovery was made during a background investigation of records, the statement said, as the embattled agency works to notify victims of the information hack and provide personal identity protection.
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