State of Illinois reports benefits system incident

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. (KWQC) – The State of Illinois simply introduced an incident involving the eligibility web site used for state-funded medical and meals help.

On Aug. 22, 2022, the state found a problem embedded inside the supplier portal to the system. After an investigation, it was decided that those that utilized to supply the advantages may probably see sure buyer functions earlier than they have been accepted. The knowledge included the applicant’s title, gender, date of beginning, county, utility sort, and utility standing. It might have additionally included info, corresponding to social safety numbers, of others talked about on the appliance. As quickly as the problem was found, the system supplier portal was shut down. The system was reopened on Sept. 29, 2022. The incident solely impacts pending functions filed earlier than Aug. 23, 2022.

To this point, officers have no idea of any misuse of private info on account of this incident and data signifies the danger of entry or misuse is low. As a precaution, the Illinois Division of Human Companies and the Illinois Division of Healthcare and Household Companies are providing one yr of credit score monitoring and a devoted telephone line to supply help about this incident. People with a query can name 1-844-700-0330. The help line is out there till Jan. 23, 2023. Doubtlessly affected people may also contact shopper reporting businesses to put a free fraud alert or safety freeze on their accounts, or the Federal Commerce Fee to study extra about fraud alerts, credit score freezes, or different identification theft assets.

Contact info for shopper reporting businesses:

Equifax

• www.equifax.com/private/
• P.O. Field 105788, Atlanta, GA 30349
• 1-800-525-6285 (fraud alert)
• 1-888-298-0045 (credit score freeze)

Experian

· www.experian.com

· P.O. Field 9554, Allen, TX 75013

· 1-888-397-3742 (fraud alert)

· 1-888-397-3742 (credit score freeze)

TransUnion

· www.transunion.com

· P.O. Field 2000, Chester, PA 19016

· 1-800-680-7289 (fraud alert)

· 1-888-909-8872 (credit score freeze)

Contact info for the Federal Commerce Fee:

www.ftc.gov

Id Theft Restoration Steps | IdentityTheft.gov

Federal Commerce Fee, 600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20580, 1-877-382-4357 (Shopper Assist Line)

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