"Florida DEO Suffers Data Breach, Over 57K Accounts Affected"

Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) revealed that it had sustained a data breach that targeted its unemployment benefits system affecting over 57,920 claimant accounts.  The security incident involved user accounts in the Reemployment Assistance Claims and Benefits Information System – CONNECT. While the attackers behind the data breach are unknown, the authorities at DEO have notified the affected users via email.  The threat actors allegedly accessed sensitive information from the CONNECT public claimant portal between April 27, 2021, and July 16, 2021. The exposed data in the breach include social security numbers, driver's license numbers, bank account numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and birthdates. The attackers may also have obtained the PIN used to access the CONNECT account.  As a security precaution, DEO locked the CONNECT accounts and enhanced its authentication procedures and network security systems to defend against future threats.

CISO MAG reports: "Florida DEO Suffers Data Breach, Over 57K Accounts Affected"