1.4M Illinois job seekers may have had personal data hacked

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — About 1.4 million job seekers in Illinois may have had their personal information compromised when one of the state's employment security agency vendors was hacked, the governor's office said Friday.

The hacker may have accessed the names, Social Security numbers and birthdates of job seekers in the vendor's database. The Illinois Department of Employment Security notified the state's General Assembly about the hack, Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration said.

Authorities say the data break may have impacted 10 states. Others affected are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Oklahoma and Vermont

The agency says the vendor, America's Job Link — Technical Support, learned about the hack on March 14. The Topeka, Kansas-based company alerted the FBI.

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