Malicious actors may have stolen personal information, such as social security and bank account numbers, in a data breach of Florida’s beleaguered unemployment benefits system, the state’s Department of Economic Opportunity said Friday.
The agency announced the data breach in a letter sent to impacted people Friday. It said 57,920 claimant accounts were targeted.
The letter said “malicious actors” may have stolen personal information over a more than month-long period between April 27 and July 16. DEO said the breach was discovered July 16.
