The personal data was accessible to the public for nearly three years because of a glitch in the code of the department’s web application.
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A massive security breach at the Texas Department of Insurance leaked the personal information of almost 2 million Texans for nearly three years, according to a state audit released last week. The department said the personal information of 1.8 million workers who have filed compensation claims — including Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and information about workers’ injuries — was accessible online to members of the public from March 2019 to January 2022.
The department did not publicly acknowledge the security issue until the state auditor’s office conducted a review in March. On March 24, the Department of InsuranceThe breach occurred because of an issue in the programming code in the department’s web application that manages workers’ compensation data. The issue in the code allowed members of the public to access a protected part of that online application, the department said.
The state’s insurance department said it would provide 12 months of free credit monitoring and identity protection services to individuals whose data was breached., happening in downtown Austin on Sept. 22-24. Get your TribFest tickets by May 31 and save big!
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