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MD data breach exposes adult ed participants' data

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Amanda Bergson-Shilcock
Thu, Aug 1, 2019 2:55 PM

Hi NCL colleagues,

I just caught up on this story from earlier in the summer. The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation revealed that a data breach exposed the personally identifying information of 78,000 people in the Unemployment Insurance system and the adult education data system. Apparently there is no evidence that a hacker downloaded large amounts of data, so reading between the lines I am assuming this is a case of people having access to account logons they weren't supposed to have. But who really knows.

Article from State Scoop: https://statescoop.com/maryland-labor-department-data-breach-78000-literacy-works-information-system/

Formal press release from Maryland DLLR:  https://www.dllr.state.md.us/whatsnews/datahotline.shtml

The state is notifying anyone who may have been affected by the breach, and offering 2 years of free credit monitoring.

-Amanda

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Hi NCL colleagues, I just caught up on this story from earlier in the summer. The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation revealed that a data breach exposed the personally identifying information of 78,000 people in the Unemployment Insurance system and the adult education data system. Apparently there is no evidence that a hacker downloaded large amounts of data, so reading between the lines I am assuming this is a case of people having access to account logons they weren't supposed to have. But who really knows. Article from State Scoop: https://statescoop.com/maryland-labor-department-data-breach-78000-literacy-works-information-system/ Formal press release from Maryland DLLR: https://www.dllr.state.md.us/whatsnews/datahotline.shtml The state is notifying anyone who may have been affected by the breach, and offering 2 years of free credit monitoring. -Amanda -- Amanda Bergson-Shilcock, Senior Fellow National Skills Coalition 1730 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Suite 712, Washington DC 20036 215-285-2860 (cell) www.nationalskillscoalition.org<http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org> We’re moving! As of August 1, our new office address will be: 1250 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20036