Illinois Department of Human Services exposed residents' health information for years
The Illinois Department of Human Services has disclosed that residents' health-related information had been exposed over several years. The number of people affected, the cause of the leak and the response measures have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Illinois Department of Human Services
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Residents' health-related information
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The Illinois Department of Human Services disclosed that residents' health-related information had been exposed for years.
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Email accounts at the Illinois Department of Human Services were compromised after employees fell for phishing and handed over their credentials. As a result, public assistance account information of more than 1.1 million people and the Social Security numbers of 4,701 people were exposed. The date of the incident and the specific response have not been confirmed.
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