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President Joe Biden’s pick to lead his administration’s response to the economic damage caused by government shutdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic previously lost $600 million of Washington state’s aid dollars to foreign fraudsters in a hasty unemployment program rollout.
Earlier this week, reports indicated that former head of the Washington state Employment Security Department (ESD) Suzi LeVine would begin an interim leadership position in the Labor Department’s Employment and Training Administration program on Monday, overseeing the implementation of the federal unemployment benefits included in Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal. While some have said that new leadership could help remove some of the “chronic delays” in the pandemic payments, others have questioned LeVine’s capabilities to properly and carefully handle the process, considering her rollout track record.
Completely unacceptable : Data breach compromised info of 1.6 million Washingtonians who sought unemployment
The Washington state auditor said those potentially affected include people who filed for unemployment benefits from Jan. 1 to Dec. 10, 2020. Author: Associated Press, KING 5 Staff Published: 11:44 AM PST February 1, 2021 Updated: 10:55 PM PST February 1, 2021
SEATTLE The Washington State Auditor’s Office (SAO) said a data breach may have exposed the personal information of 1.6 million residents who filed for unemployment last year, as well as other information from state agencies and local governments.
The breach involved third-party software used by the auditor’s office to transmit files. The software vendor, Accellion, announced last month that it had been attacked in December.
Data breach exposed private info of 1.6 million who sought unemployment benefits in Washington
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
Posted Feb 01, 2021
The breach came as the Auditor’s Office is investigating how the state Employment Security Department lost hundreds of millions of dollars to fraudsters.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File
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SEATTLE A data breach may have exposed the personal information of 1.6 million residents who filed for unemployment last year, as well as other information from state agencies and local governments, Washington state Auditor Pat McCarthy said Monday.
The breach involved third-party software used by the auditor’s office to transmit files. It came as the Auditor’s Office is investigating how the state Employment Security Department lost hundreds of millions of dollars to fraudsters, including a Nigerian crime ring, who rushed to cash in on sweetened pandemic-related benefits by filing fake unemployment claims.
Data breach compromised info of 1.6M in Washington who sought unemployment By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press
Published: February 1, 2021, 12:10pm
Share: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, right, talks to the media about the latest actions the state is taking to respond to the coronavirus outbreak, as then-Employment Security Department Commissioner Suzi LeVine looks on, Tuesday, March 10, in Olympia. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)
SEATTLE A data breach may have exposed the personal information of 1.6 million residents who filed for unemployment last year, as well as other information from state agencies and local governments, Washington state Auditor Pat McCarthy said Monday.
The breach involved third-party software used by the auditor’s office to transmit files. It came as the Auditor’s Office is investigating how the state Employment Security Department lost hundreds of millions of dollars to fraudsters, including a Nigerian crime ring, who rushed to cash in