Florida warns 4.9 million people had Social Security numbers exposed in financial aid breach
- Status
- Unverified: only social posts report this so far
- Kind
- Breach
- Vendor
- State of Florida
- Product
- financial aid site
- First seen
Summary
Florida officials warned that about 4.9 million people had their Social Security numbers leaked in a breach of a state financial aid site, as reported by The Record. The item does not describe how the access occurred.
If you use State of Florida
Check whether you applied through the affected Florida financial aid site
Place a credit freeze with the three major credit bureaus
Review credit reports and bank statements for unfamiliar activity
Watch for phishing messages that reference the breach
Check whether you applied for or received Florida state financial aid, and watch for official notices from the state.
Place a credit freeze with the three major credit bureaus.
What the sources say 3
· Mastodon: “Florida warns that 4.9 million people had Social Security numbers leaked in financial aid site breach via The Record” Source
· Bluesky: “Nearly 5 million Florida students had their SSNs leaked after a cyberattack on the state's financial aid website” Source
· Bluesky: “Florida warns that 4.9 million people had Social Security numbers leaked in financial aid site breach” Source