Florida says financial aid site breach may have exposed 4.9M people

What happened?

1. According to the notice, on Oct. 19 Department staff became aware that criminal and unauthorized intrusions into the Florida Student Financial Aid site had taken place.
2. The department said it ran its cybersecurity response playbook, ended the illicit access and re-secured the affected systems.
3. According to the education department, the matter is a criminal investigation that remains open, and no suspect has been named; the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, along with the Florida Digital Service, is working with that agency.
4. The department said the intrusion looks confined to the financial aid site and does not affect current aid, tuition payments, or scholarship, grant and student loan eligibility.
5. Florida education department says a Florida Student Financial Aid data breach may affect 4.9 million people.

The Florida Department of Education reported that an unauthorized criminal intrusion into its student financial aid site possibly revealed personal data, including Social Security numbers, affecting about 4.9 million individuals. Staff detected the activity on Oct. 19, and the department said its response ended the access and re-secured the systems, with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Florida Digital Service assisting.

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