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DISA Global Solutions, a US-based provider of employees screening services, say it has been subjected to a data violation that affects more than 1.5 million people.
DISA, which provides services such as drugs and alcohol tests and background checks More than 55,000 initiatives And one -third of the Fortune 500 company, confirmed that the data violation of one in one Filing Monday with the Attorney General of Maine.
The DISA has said that it was discovered that it was a victim of a “cyber event” that affected a “limited part” of its network on April 22, 2024. An internal investigation determined that a hacker infiltrated the company’s network on February 9, 2024, where they had been noticed for two months.
In a letter sent by the victims by breach of data, the employee of the employee is included in the screening, the DISA says that the attacker has “collected some information” from its systems.
In a separate Filing With the Massachusetts Attorney General, the DISA has confirmed that the stolen information includes the social security number of individuals, financial accounts including credit card number and government–detected identification documents. This filing has confirmed that more than 360,3 Massachusetts residents were affected by the violation.
However, in his data breach notification letter, the DISA says it is “collecting specific information specifically”, suggests that the company’s internal information is accessible or there is no technical way to detect exactly what is accessible.
Accordingly WebsiteDISA collects a wide range of personal and sensitive information, including details related to any applicant’s work history, educational background, criminal record and credit.
It is not yet known who was behind CyberTack or how the organization was compromised. It is also unclear why it took the DISA to inform people of the victims about the violation.
The DISA did not immediately answer the question of TechCrunch.
