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Millions of Kansas Database Hack Victims Weren't Directly Notified

By Kansas News Service
Published September 22, 2017 at 12:16 AM CDT
Services like KansasWorks rely on a division of the Kansas Department of Commerce to manage data. The division fell victim to a hack in March, affecting millions of people in 10 of the states that it serves. (Photo by Celia Llopis-Jepsen / Kansas News Service)
Services like KansasWorks rely on a division of the Kansas Department of Commerce to manage data. The division fell victim to a hack in March, affecting millions of people in 10 of the states that it serves. (Photo by Celia Llopis-Jepsen / Kansas News Service)

The Kansas News Service has learned through an open records request that millions of victims of a hack into a state-managed workforce database last spring were not directly notified. Reporter Celia Llopis-Jepsen has more. 

A Kansas legislative committee will be questioning the Department of Commerce about IT security on Friday.

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The Kansas News Service produces essential enterprise reporting, diving deep and connecting the dots in tracking the policies, issues and and events that affect the health of Kansans and their communities. The team is based at KCUR and collaborates with public media stations and other news outlets across Kansas. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org. The Kansas News Service is made possible by a group of funding organizations, led by the Kansas Health Foundation. Other founders include United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, Sunflower Foundation, REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
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