Illinois Department of Human Services security incident history
Hacking, data breaches and other security incidents involving Illinois Department of Human Services, with related coverage.
Illinois Department of Human Services exposed residents' health information for years
Impact: Residents' health-related information
The Illinois Department of Human Services 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.
Read on ABC7 Chicago ↗Phishing at Illinois Department of Human Services exposes data of more than 1.1 million people
1.1MImpact: Public assistance account information of more than 1.1 million people and Social Security numbers of 4,701 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.
Read on The HIPAA Journal ↗