Massachusetts Unemployment Office: Data Breach Caused By Virus

Because unemployed people haven't been victimized enough already by our wonderful economy, just for lulz, let's put their personal data in jeopardy too.

EOLWD learned yesterday that the computer virus (W32.QAKBOT) was not remediated as originally believed and that the persistence of the virus resulted in a data breach. Once it was discovered, the system was shut down and the breach is no longer active. W32.QAKBOT may have impacted as many as 1500 computers housed in DUA and DCS including the computers at the One-Stop Career Centers.

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