Hackers break in too Kansas Dept of Commerce and steal 5.5 million social security numbers of people across numerous States – PB/TK
Kansas Data Breach Exposes More Than 5 Million Social Security Numbers – By AJ Dellinger / July 21 2017
A database operated by the Kansas Department of Commerce was breached by hackers, resulting in the exposure of more than 5.5 million Social Security numbers of American citizens across 10 states, the Kansas News Service reported.
The breach was discovered after an open records request was filed by the Kansas News Service—a collaboration of KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW and High Plains Public Radio. The Kansas Department of Commerce did not previously publicly report the incident.
Data from the breach came from websites designed to help members of the public seeking employment find jobs. The sites, including Kansasworks.com, were operated by America’s Job Link Alliance-TS, a division of the Kansas Department of Commerce, and managed data for 16 states at the time of the hack.
The breach included more than 5.5 million user accounts with Social Security numbers included and another 805,000 that did not contain Social Security numbers but did expose other personal information.
The largest number of exposed Social Security numbers came from residents of Alabama, with 1.3 million in total from the state. More than half a million Social Security numbers were also exposed from residents of Arizona, Illinois, Arkansas and Kansas. Residents of Oklahoma, Maine, Delaware, Vermont and Idaho were also included in the breach
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