records of more than 20 million veterans to be compromised during at least eight hacks of the va's unencrypted computer system between 2010 and 2013. states are also victims of similar attacks. more than 3.6 million south carolinians were put at risk when hackers obtained our social security numbers during a major security breach at the south carolina department of revenue. such attacks make the hub's insufficient security testing that much more troubling. however, that is not our primary, immediate concern. last month's letter that was sent by the ags and myself of 12 other states was prompted by the fact that hhs is not requiring groups receiving roughly 67 million in navigator grants to conduct background checks on individuals who will be entering sensitive information into the federal data hub. the vice president of a navigator group which received $1.2 million in grants for south carolina said last week in the state paper, it's like girl scouts selling cookies. if you go to the shopping centers and set up tables to capture people as they come and go. the fact is, it's more difficult to he