Philadelphia city employee email hack exposes data of over 35,000 people
Emails of City of Philadelphia employees in the United States were hacked, putting the personal information of more than 35,000 people at risk of exposure. The city notified thousands of people in connection with the email data breach.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- City of Philadelphia
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of more than 35,000 people at risk of exposure
- Cause / method
- Hacking of city employee email accounts
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- It was reported that the hacking of Philadelphia city employee emails had put the information of more than 35,000 residents at risk of exposure.
- It was reported that the City of Philadelphia had notified thousands of people in connection with the email data breach.
3 related reports
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