State unemployment, jobs services down around the country after cyberattack
A cyberattack has hit a company that handles unemployment claims and job placement for state governments, disrupting online services across the country.
A cyberattack has hit a company that handles unemployment claims and job placement for state governments, disrupting online services across the country.
The departments of labor and related agencies have been affected in at least nine states, as well as Washington, D.C.
The company, Geographic Solutions, based in Florida, said in an emailed statement that the outages were due to “anomalous activity on our network,” and that it was still investigating what happened. It did not answer questions about whether ransomware was behind the attack.
Its website did not load as of Thursday afternoon. An archived version of the site said that 35 states and territories use its products.
But those states and Washington all say that they’ve been informed by the company about the cyberattack and that it has caused problems with government services.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/state-unemployment-jobs-services-country-cyberattack-rcna36151
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