Florida Department of Education warns 4.9 million people had Social Security numbers leaked in financial aid site breach
BREACHFlorida Department of Educationredteam/daily · 1 source
- Severity
- High
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What happened
FLDOE disclosed a breach of the Florida Student Financial Aid website, which it became aware of on 19 October, with Social Security numbers of 4.9 million people reported as leaked. The excerpt provides no CVE identifiers, attack vector, threat actor attribution or details of other data types involved. Defenders and affected individuals should watch for official notification and consider identity-theft protections such as credit monitoring or freezes, though the article text does not state specific remediation guidance.
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What to do
- If you have an account with the company, change that password, and anywhere you used the same one.
- Turn on two-step sign-in where you can.
- Expect scam emails and texts that mention the breach: contact the company yourself, not through links.
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