Multiple state employment sites down after cyberattack on Geographic Solutions Inc.
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Workforce and unemployment websites went down in multiple states after a cyberattack on third-party vendor Geographic Solutions Inc., Emily Bamforth reported on June 30, 2022. The outages began as early as Sunday in Nebraska; California's Employment Development Department said "dozens of states" were included, and Louisiana's workforce commission said they could affect up to 40 states. Geographic Solutions, headquartered in Florida, describes itself as the "leading vendor" of employment software for state and local agencies, and told Nebraska officials there was "no evidence" of compromised user data. California temporarily lifted a requirement that unemployment seekers register with the state's jobs website. Nebraska officials said they did not anticipate the outage would prevent people from receiving unemployment insurance benefits.
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Advertisement Subscribe to our daily newsletter. Subscribe Multiple state employment sites down after cyberattack on Geographic Solutions Inc. A cyberattack against Geographic Solutions Inc. has taken several state unemployment and workforce sites offline. By Emily Bamforth June 30, 2022 (Scoop News Group) html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd" Workforce and unemployment sites are down in multiple states after a cyberattack on third-party vendor Geographic Solutions Inc. Several states have reported that the outages, which began as early as Sunday in Nebraska , are a result of a cyberattack against the company. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel also reported that the outage is due to an attack on Geographic Solutions. California’s Employment Development Department said in a release Wednesday that “dozens of states” are included in the outages. The overall scope of the attack is not immediately clear. Geographic Solutions did not immediately return a call for comment. Louisiana’s workforce commission posted on social media that its HiRE employment website is down and that the outages could affect up to 40 states. Florida’s Employ Florida site is down, but the state’s economic development and workforce office has not posted online about the outage. Advertisement Geographic Solutions is headquartered in Florida and describes itself as the “leading vendor” of employment software for state and local agencies. The company has not posted about the attack on its social media channels as of Thursday morning. The vendor’s website was also not available at publication time. The company does appear to be communicating with states on the situation — Nebraska’s notice reports Geographic Solutions is working “around-the-clock” to restore access to its systems. Louisiana’s Wednesday notice said the department “estimates that the site will be restored in 72 hours.” The company told Nebraska officials that the attack only affected its systems and there’s “no evidence” of compromised user data, according to the state . In response to the outages, California is temporarily lifting a requirement that unemployment seekers register with the state’s jobs website. The state’s instead encouraging users to look for work on the National Labor Exchange and other job websites. Nebraska officials said they don’t anticipate the outage will prevent people from receiving their unemployment insurance benefits, though it’s disrupted the process of filing claims. More Scoops (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Cyberattack attempts on Nevada state websites increased 300% after August ransomware attack Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo said 90% of the state's public websites and services have been restored since a recent ransomware attack. By Keely Quinlan (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group) Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon testifies during a Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing titled “AI and The Future of Our Elections” on Capitol Hill September 27, 2023 in Washington, D.C. The hearing focused on what effect artificial intelligence can have on the 2024 election and future elections in America. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images) Latest Podcasts Meet Texas’s new CIO, Tony Sauerhoff Lawsuits, soundwaves and broadband — A look at state IT’s latest headlines Meet CODE PA’s new executive director The cyber experts helping local officials prepare for 2026, 2028 elections State City Cybersecurity Modernization
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