Supply chain
⛓ Supply Chain
Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Third-Party Breach (May 2020)
Primary Source ↗Incident Details
Data breach exposes Social Security info of some Floridians seeking unemployment benefits. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity said they had to deal with a data security incident. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida agency that handles unemployment benefits said they recently had a “data security incident” that may have compromised information from Floridians seeking unemployment. The incident exposed full names and Social Security numbers of some people who have applied for unemployment benefits, according to the Department of Economic Opportunity.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Compromise of third-party service provider / vendor relationship
- Vendor / Product
- Not disclosed
- Supply Chain Attack
- ✅ Confirmed third-party / vendor compromise
Timeline
- 2020-05-01 Breach occurred
- 2020-05-21 Publicly disclosed