{"id":35889,"date":"2025-11-16T16:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/35889\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T16:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:17:07","slug":"personal-information-possibly-accessed-during-cyberattack-on-pennsylvania-attorney-generals-office-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/35889\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal information possibly accessed during cyberattack on Pennsylvania attorney general\u2019s office \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Pennsylvania Attorney General\u2019s Office says personal information may have been involved in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.attorneygeneral.gov\/notice-of-data-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.attorneygeneral.gov\/notice-of-data-incident\/\">\u201cdata security incident\u201d<\/a> over the summer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The AG\u2019s office says personal information was possibly accessed without authorization during a cyberattack in August that involved an outsider encrypting files to demand a ransom payment. The attack knocked servers offline and temporarily interrupted communications. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The office says it later learned that files potentially accessed without authorization may have contained some personal information. The information that may have been accessed includes names, Social Security numbers and medical information. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cAgain, we have no evidence of the misuse, or attempted misuse, of any potentially involved information,\u201d the notice about the data incident reads in part. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">On Friday, the AG\u2019s office notified those who may have had their information accessed via email. Some people impacted are being given complimentary access to identity protection services. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The AG\u2019s office says that as soon as the data security incident was discovered, steps were taken to minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future. 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