( October 1, 2026, 18:51 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Trump-led US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can't validate the security of regional hardware at four former regional offices, which were vacated in 2025, an audit found. Last month, the CFPB couldn't verify whether those hardware assets, "which the agency remains accountable for, are appropriately secured." "The CFPB has no way of knowing whether the hardware assets, or the sensitive data that may be stored on them, have been accessed, modified, or removed by unauthorized individuals," according to the inspector general audit. The CFPB has been headed on an acting basis by Russell Vought, who also is the White House's budget chief.Full statement follows:...
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