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US Securities and Exchange Commission hacked.

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The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that the personal information of two individuals was compromised in a recently uncovered hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission database, according to the agency's chairman. A Reuters dispatch to The Globe quotes chairman Jay Clayton as saying in a statement Monday that additional forensic analysis had found that the Social Security numbers, dates of birth and names of two individuals were made available to the hackers after they breached the SEC's EDGAR corporate filing system.

Mr. Clayton had previously said no personally identifiable information had been accessed in the breach, which occurred in 2016. In his statement, Mr. Clayton said the agency was still working to determine if additional individuals' information may have been compromised. In addition, Mr. Clayton said the SEC is immediately hiring additional staff and outside technology consultants to review and improve its existing cybersecurity policies and practices. The agency is also reviewing its use of EDGAR, including reviewing the types of data companies can submit to it, as well as whether that database is the appropriate mechanism for gathering that sort of information.