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Florida Department of Education: Student Financial Aid website possible data breach

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Made public · about 4.9 million people

What leaked7

Hard to replace

  • Mobile number
  • Home or delivery address
  • Email address

Permanent

  • Social Security number
  • Date of birth
  • Full name
  • Gender
  • Mobile numberphone number · type not stated
  • Gendergender identification code

To-dos11 · about 2 h 30 min in all

  1. Freeze your credit at Equifax, Experian and TransUnionabout 30 minfreeStops: credit in your name (opens in a new tab)
  2. Get an IRS Identity Protection PINabout 20 minStops: tax refund fraud (opens in a new tab)
  3. Know the scam pattern: calls and texts that cite these leaked detailsabout 5 minfreeLimits harm from: scam calls, phishing messages
  4. Place a fraud alert on your credit reportsabout 10 minfreeLimits harm from: credit in your name (opens in a new tab)
  5. Check your credit reports every week, freeabout 20 minfreeHelps you notice: credit in your name (opens in a new tab)
6 more
  1. Do nowTurn on instant transaction alertsabout 5 minHelps you notice: scam calls
  2. This weekTurn on your carrier's port-out lockabout 5 minLimits harm from: SIM swap
  3. This weekTurn on your carrier's SIM-change lockabout 5 minLimits harm from: SIM swap
  4. This weekFreeze your NCTUE phone and utility fileabout 10 minfreeLimits harm from: phone or utility account (opens in a new tab)
  5. This weekRemove your address and phone from public profiles and tighten SNS privacyabout 20 minfreeLimits harm from: visits or contact at home
  6. This weekUse an authenticator app or passkey instead of SMS codesabout 20 minfreeLimits harm from: SMS code theft

What happened next5 events

  1. UndetectedNone on record
  2. Response 5 eventsNo individual notice on record · Back to latest
  3. RemedyNone on record
  4. PenaltyNone on record
  5. DisputesNone on record

Response: 5 events

Back to latest
  1. By this date, took the financial aid website down
  2. By this date, said the incident was contained
  3. By this date, reported the incident to the Florida attorney general's office
  4. Said about 4.9 million people may have been affected
  5. Became aware of a data breach involving the Florida Student Financial Aid website
Company
Florida Department of Education
Company detected it
Made public
Notice
Possible leak
Affected
about 4.9 million people · approx.; may have been affected; FLDOE's figure as reported by the press

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