The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity said this week that it recently learned of a “data security incident” that potentially exposed the personal information belonging to nearly 58,000 accounts on the state’s unemployment insurance system.
The breach, which officials said was detected July 16, involved potentially fraudulent activity after malicious actors targeted accounts on the state’s claim system, known as CONNECT. In total, 57,920 claimants’ accounts were targeted by what the department referred to as an “unauthorized party” over a nearly three-month period that began April 27.
