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Information breach may impact 5,000 state workers - YNN - Your News Now
The personal information of nearly 5,000 current and former state employees may be at risk.
Officials with the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, or DARS, said they noticed a security breach Thursday afternoon.
Friday, agency officials sent out emails to current employees and made plans to notify former employees by phone Saturday. The group could include workers with the Texas Rehabilitation Commission, the Commission for the Blind and the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
DARS officials said they are encouraging employees to sign up for free credit monitoring services, something they can do while at work.
A hotline for former employees is also being set up. Health and Human Services Commission officials said the leak is currently under investigation.
The personal information of nearly 5,000 current and former state employees may be at risk.
Officials with the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, or DARS, said they noticed a security breach Thursday afternoon.
Friday, agency officials sent out emails to current employees and made plans to notify former employees by phone Saturday. The group could include workers with the Texas Rehabilitation Commission, the Commission for the Blind and the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
DARS officials said they are encouraging employees to sign up for free credit monitoring services, something they can do while at work.
A hotline for former employees is also being set up. Health and Human Services Commission officials said the leak is currently under investigation.