massive data breach affecting almost all of Maine's population discovered back in May

[butters]

and officials are only now saying individuals should contact officials to see how it might have affected them???

Maine has confirmed that some points of data that the cybercriminals could potentially have on an individual includes their name, Social Security number, date of birth, driver’s license or state ID number, and taxpayer ID number. Medical information as well has health insurance information may also have been affected.

Maine has set up a website with details for residents here.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a...1&cvid=102e9bfb9f2b48ff9fcdb85b19cbe184&ei=16

 

[RoryN]

Inexcusable. Awful.

Almost makes me feel sorry for those assholes.

 

[butters]

why does it take so awfully long to let the public know their personal information has been compromised????

Michigan-based healthcare nonprofit McLaren Health Care notified more than 2 million people about a data breach exposing personal information on Thursday, according to a data breach notification report. Unauthorized access to McLaren systems began on July 28 and lasted through August, but the individual impact varies from person to person.

According to a notice on the McLaren website, the company learned of the breach on August 31. An investigation into the impacted files concluded on October 10, and if you'll take a look at today's date, it took an additional month for the company to let the public know about the incident.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/oth...1&cvid=ea1339e816cd4ee092f8d4ae5807346e&ei=37

the breachers had access to data for over a month before the company realised, and then it took almost another 6 weeks to wrap up the investigation, and then ANOTHER month to inform the public their data may have been compromised? wtf? that's a whole lot of time for hackers to buy, sell, use the information of 2 million members of the public trusting their details to be kept safe and confidential.

Hacks happen; technology needs to be constantly upgraded to help prevent that. But to not let people know for around 10 weeks AFTER they discovered the breach is 100% wrong.

 

[LLCox]

why does it take so awfully long to let the public know their personal information has been compromised????




https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/oth...1&cvid=ea1339e816cd4ee092f8d4ae5807346e&ei=37

the breachers had access to data for over a month before the company realised, and then it took almost another 6 weeks to wrap up the investigation, and then ANOTHER month to inform the public their data may have been compromised? wtf? that's a whole lot of time for hackers to buy, sell, use the information of 2 million members of the public trusting their details to be kept safe and confidential.

Hacks happen; technology needs to be constantly upgraded to help prevent that. But to not let people know for around 10 weeks AFTER they discovered the breach is 100% wrong.

No hack but I got bit online going after, "a deal". Mastercard was on it like white on rice. There were five suspicious chargers on it within the first hour. Be careful out there.

 

[RoryN]

..to not let people know for around 10 weeks AFTER they discovered the breach is 100% wrong.

Yup. Otherwise known as Breach 101. It's the #1 thing you don't do.

No surprise whatsoever Maine got it wrong. They're decades behind in many things and, when bad stuff happens, they like to keep their mouths shut.