StateScoop: Officials in Alaska announced Thursday that the state's Division of Public Assistance, which manages the state's welfare programs, experienced a data breach earlier this year that potentially exposed the personal information of more than 500 individuals.
The breach occurred April 26 when an agency computer in far northern Alaska was infected with malware known as Zeus, or sometimes Zbot. An investigation conducted by a security team from the state Department of Health and Social Services, the public assistance office's parent agency, determined that the computer had unauthorized software installed on it.
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