Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency Exposes 250,000 Voucher Receipients

Oklahoma is going to be under speculation after numerous data breaches in security have occurred recently. A week ago, another laptop was stolen from an Oklahoma state employee’s home, one that contained almost a quarter million Section 8 housing voucher recipients. The information was password protected, but was not encrypted to keep the information from the wrong hands.

A letter was sent out by the agency to those who may be at risk. Even with the password protection, there is still concern that the data could be accessed and misused. It is highly recommended that those who feel they may have been affected sign up for credit protection services such as LifeLock, TrustedID and Debix.