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Kentucky unemployment website experienced April data breach

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Dissent

Another state has reported a breach or leak involving a state portal for filing unemployment claims.  Fox19 reports:

 Kentucky officials reported Thursday what Gov. Andy Beshear described as a “data breach” in the state’s unemployment insurance web portal.

The so-called breach took place on April 23, according to a release from Kentucky’s Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

EWDC says its Office of Technology Services received a report at 9:17 a.m. on that day saying some unemployment insurance claimants could potentially view the identity verification documents uploaded by others.

Read more on Fox19.

So far, then, that’s  Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio, Colorado, Florida, and now Kentucky.

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