Florida’s unemployment agency leaked Social Security data last month

StateScoop: The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity earlier this month notified 98 residents who’d applied for unemployment insurance that their names and Social Security numbers had been compromised.

In a May 8 letter addressed to the affected users, the department wrote: “Information associated with a claim submitted under your name was unintentionally sent to a private email server owned by a third party performing work on the agency’s behalf,” WFTV reported.

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