Phishing at Illinois Department of Human Services exposes data of more than 1.1 million people
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.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Illinois Department of Human Services
- Incident type
- Phishing & smishing
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Public assistance account information of more than 1.1 million people and Social Security numbers of 4,701 people
- Cause / method
- Email accounts compromised after employees fell for phishing and provided credentials
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- It was reported that a phishing incident at the Illinois Department of Human Services had exposed public assistance account information of more than 1.1 million people and the Social Security numbers of 4,701 people.
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