Florida student aid website breach may have exposed 4.9 million people's data
A hack of the Florida Department of Education's student financial aid website may have exposed personal information, including Social Security numbers, belonging to approximately 4.9 million people. The department is investigating the data breach, and the website has been taken offline.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Florida Department of Education
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible exposure of personal information, including Social Security numbers, belonging to approximately 4.9 million people
- Cause / method
- Hack of the student financial aid website
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organization’s official website or app.
Timeline
- A hack of the Florida Department of Education's student financial aid website was confirmed.
- It emerged that personal information, including Social Security numbers, belonging to approximately 4.9 million people may have been exposed.
- The student financial aid website was taken offline following the breach.
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