Hackers Breach State Database

Quotes

1. “ It's extremely unfortunate that it happened on this server with those particular records. ”

   By Glenn Morton

2. “ We keep upgrading our systems and, unfortunately, this is one case where the guard was down a little and somehow the data was accessed. ”

3. “ But we can't say that for sure because we just don't know. ”

Entities Mentioned

• FBI
• Nebraska

1. A hacker has broken into the Nebraska Worker's Compensation database, prompting an FBI investigation and an effort to contact those who may be affected. Several thousand people could be affected by the breach, which was discovered last week when the state's chief information officer noticed an unusual amount of Internet traffic traversing t... (Read Full Article)

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