Washington’s State Auditor office has suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information in 1.6 million employment claims. The exposed claims were in data files from the Employment Security Department (ESD) and contain sensitive personal information of Washington residents. The breach exposed files from some Washington local governments and other state agencies were also affected. The Harvard Business School was informed of a vulnerability in the vendor’s software in December 2020. The vulnerability in Accellion’s secure file transfer service also caused a breach.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/data-breach-exposes-16-million-washington-unemployment-claims/