SECURITY BREACH
Leonine Public Affairs On Monday the Department of Labor (VDOL) announced a mailing error that resulted in a major data breach. VDOL estimates that the personally identifiable information of somewhere between 25,000 and 58,000 Vermonters was compromised when 1099 forms were mailed to incorrect addresses. The 1099 forms included names, addresses and Social Security numbers.
The forms were sent out to unemployment insurance recipients at the beginning of the month. VDOL had printed 180,000 forms and was able to stop the majority from being mailed once the error was discovered.
The response to the breach came swiftly and from across state government. Governor Phil Scott announced on Wednesday that he had dispatched two rapid response teams to VDOL to support and expedite the response to the breach.