Washington Auditor Breach: 1.4M Unemployment Records Exposed
The breach of third-party software used by the Washington Auditor’s Office could have exposed more than 1.4 million personal records, raising concerns about identity theft and fraud.
by Jim Brunner, The Seattle Times
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February 2, 2021
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(TNS) — The personal unemployment claims data of at least 1.4 million Washingtonians may have been stolen in a hack of software used by the state auditor's office, raising fears of identity theft and fraud amid an already bleak pandemic downturn.
State Auditor Pat McCarthy said Monday the records — including Social Security numbers and banking information — were exposed during a December breach of Accellion, a software provider the auditor's office uses to transfer large computer files.