Russian Hackers Breached State Records In Maine

The Hill reports:

About 1.3 million people were affected by a data breach in Maine earlier this year, the state revealed Thursday. The breach was part of a massive cyberattack in May that exploited a vulnerability in the widely used MOVEit file-transfer system.

Maine said the affected data included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, driver’s license or state identification numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, medical information and health insurance information.

The attack was reportedly orchestrated by a Russian ransomware group and has impacted more than 70 million people worldwide, according to a running tally by the anti-malware company Emsisoft.

Read the full article. The same group was reportedly behind earlier similar cyberattacks that impacted residents in Oregon and Louisiana.

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