Criminals took advantage of a U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to files during a period stretching from mid-May through July of this year.
Contributing to Harvey's high losses is the fact that Texas has one of the most relaxed approaches to building codes, inspections and other protections.
President Donald Trumps emergency management director said hes pushing for an overhaul of disaster relief so that states, cities and homeowners bear more of the costs.