Hacker accesses injured workers’ personal info in cyberattack on North Dakota agency

BISMARCK — The North Dakota Workforce Security & Insurance coverage company was a sufferer of a cybersecurity assault on June 28 that concerned private information, based on a press release launched by WSI on Friday, Aug. 19.

In accordance with the assertion:

A Workforce Security & Insurance coverage worker observed uncommon exercise on their pc after opening an electronic mail attachment and reported the incident to the inner assist desk.

The pc was secured and faraway from the state community, and WSI instantly contacted North Dakota Data Know-how, which referred the incident to the NDIT Cyber Evaluation and Response group.

The group not too long ago accomplished a forensic evaluation of the pc, which decided that the delicate phishing assault was remoted to a single pc and didn’t unfold to the state community.

There was proof the attacker gained entry to non-public information within the worker’s electronic mail by the e-mail attachment that contained malicious code, the assertion stated, including that WSI reviewed the info within the emails and decided the emails contained private info of 182 injured workers.

WSI notified these affected by the incident to supply details about the assault and to supply identification theft safety providers, based on the assertion.