A security breach with Broome County government may have exposed personal employee data. Officials said in a statement that on January 2, 2019, the County became aware of changes to a County employee’s direct deposit information. The County’s internal IT team immediately launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident.
On or around January 7, the investigation identified
unauthorized access to numerous County employee email accounts and employee PeopleSoft accounts as a result of a credentials harvesting phishing email. The County immediately launched an inquiry to determine what may have happened and what information may have been affected.
Working together with a leading computer forensics expert, their investigation determined that an unauthorized individual accessed the employee email account between November 20, 2018, and January 2, 2019. You can read the entire statement at gobroomecounty.com/notice.
By Michael Baldwin
