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In a ransomware attack on a Renton market research company’s data system, confidential information of over 16,000 employees might have been compromised.
The Washington State Labor & Industries Department said the current cyber attempt could have revealed information of thousands of workers in Washington.
According to Pacific Market Research, L&I, one of its contractors, was affected by a ransomware attack on 22 May, that encrypted information saved on some of its servers. These statistics comprised information about contacts, claims, and birth dates of some 16,466 workers who submitted compensation claims for workers in 2019.
L&I reports that the data were provided to Pacific Market Research to help perform a customer support survey. There were no medical, social security, banking, or credit card numbers included in the information.
On 4th June, PMR alerted L&I and, according to L&I Spokesman Rich Roesler, the department received further information on 9th June. However, it is said that only on Thursday – almost a month after the very first notification – have the affected people and their employers begun to be informed of the violation.
“It took the company some time to assess the scope of the incident and determine which documents were potentially at risk,” Roesler said. “Once notified, we worked as quickly as possible to arrange for the notifications and set up a call center to respond to detailed questions.”
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