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Millions of Kansas Database Hack Victims Weren't Directly Notified

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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