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For nearly two months, after suspicious activity was detected on postal service networks, employees and customers remained in the dark about the potential that their data had been compromised. The delay drew criticism from Congress at a House oversight hearing, today. "I am very disappointed in the way you handled this… you have to be more forthcoming,” Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) scolded U.S. Postal Service officials testifying at the hearing. USPS Hacked: Postal Service Hit By Cyber Attack WATCH: US Postal Service Hacked: Victim of Data Breach Investigators say, however, they needed the time to determine exactly what data had been compromised, if the data had been taken and how stop the incursion. The data breach which compromised the personal information of more than 800,000 employees was first detected by U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) on September 11. However, it took until October 16 to learn that data had indeed been compromised and until November 4 to...