The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), A Labor Union Representing Educators Accounts The State, Says Hackers Stole The Sensitive Personal Information of More Than Half a Millf a MillF a Million of Its Members.
Psea is the largest organization for educators in pennsylvania, representing current and former teachers, counselors, health care workers, and school sociail workers.
In A Filing with Maine’s Attorney General on TuesdayPsea said it experienced a cybrattack in July 2024 that Saw an unauthorized Actor Access Its Network to Steal a Trove of Data of Data Belonging to more than 517,000 individuals.
The stolen data including highly sensitive personal information, such as members’ Government -SUED Identification Documents, Social Security Numbers, Passport Numbers, Passport Numbers, Medical Information, and Financal Information Containing Card Numbers, and their associateed pins and expiration dates.
Psea Said Member Account Numbers, Pins, Passwords, and Security Codes were also accessed during the breach, according to a letter sent to affected individuals.
“We want to stress that not all data elements were acquired for every impacted individual,” Psea told affected members in the letter.
Psea also said it ransomware or data extraction Attack, and subsequently paid a ransom demand to the hackers responsible.
Paying a ransom demand is no guarantee that the malicious hackers deleted the stolen data. Last Year’s Takedown of the Notorious Lockbit Ransomware Gang Unerted evidence That the Gang’s Hackers Still Retained Reams Data Belonging to Victims Who Had Paid a Ransom Demand.
Psea did not respond to techcrunch’s questions.