An unauthorized third party gained access to numerous County employee email accounts and County employee PeopleSoft accounts via credentials harvesting phishing email.
The data involved in the breach includes names, dates of birth, contact details, Social Security numbers, financial information, and credit card information.
Broome County in New York suffered a data breach after unauthorized parties gained access to employee email accounts and payroll accounts.
The big picture
Broome County became aware of changes to a County employee’s direct deposit information on January 2, 2019. Upon which the County’s internal IT team immediately conducted an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident.
The investigation revealed that an unauthorized third party gained access to numerous County employee email accounts and County employee PeopleSoft accounts via credentials harvesting phishing email.
The County then retained a leading computer forensics expert to determine the impact of the incident and found out that an unauthorized individual accessed the employee email account between November 20, 2018, and January 2, 2019.
Who all are impacted?
On April 1, 2019, after a thorough review of the email accounts, the County identified all the potentially impacted individuals.
The impacted individuals include employees and clients associated with the following divisions and departments,
Willow Point Nursing Home and Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
Greater Binghamton Airport
Broome County Department of Social Services
Broome County District Attorney’s Office
Broome County Office for Aging
Broome County Office of Education and Training
Broome County Office of Emergency Services
Broome County Department of Health
Broome County Department of Planning and Economic Development
Broome County Department of Probation
Broome County Department of Public Transportation
Broome County Highway Division
Broome County Veterans Services Agency
What data was involved?
The data involved in the breach ..
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