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The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), the largest public-sector union in Pennsylvania, has announced a significant data breach affecting over 500,000 members. The breach, which occurred in July 2024, resulted in attackers stealing sensitive personal information. PSEA is now notifying the impacted individuals about the incident and the potential risks.

The stolen data includes highly sensitive information, such as government-issued identification documents, Social Security numbers, passport numbers, medical information, and financial data like card numbers with PINs and expiration dates. Member account numbers, PINs, passwords, and security codes were also accessed. PSEA took steps to ensure, to the best of its ability and knowledge, that the stolen data was deleted.

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• bsky.app: The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), the largest public-sector union in Pennsylvania, is notifying over half a million individuals that attackers stole their personal information in a July 2024 security breach.
• BleepingComputer: The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), the largest public-sector union in Pennsylvania, is notifying over half a million individuals that attackers stole their personal information in a July 2024 security breach.
• techcrunch.com: US teachers’ union says hackers stole sensitive personal data on over 500,000 members
• www.bleepingcomputer.com: Pennsylvania education union data breach hit 500,000 people
• The Register - Security: Attackers swipe data of 500k+ people from Pennsylvania teachers union
• The DefendOps Diaries: Understanding the PSEA Data Breach: Lessons and Future Prevention
• : The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) has sent breach notifications to over 500,000 current and former members
• Zack Whittaker: Pennsylvania's biggest union for educators had a data breach, exposing over half a million members' personal information.
• securityaffairs.com: Pennsylvania State Education Association data breach impacts 500,000 individuals
• Carly Page: The Pennsylvania State Education Association says hackers stole the sensitive personal and financial information of more than half a million of its members.  PSEA said it “took steps†to ensure the stolen data was deleted, suggesting it was the target of a ransomware or data extortion attack, and subsequently paid a ransom demand to the hackers responsible
• www.techradar.com: Data breach at Pennsylvania education union potentially exposes 500,000 victims

Classification:

• HashTags: #DataBreach #PSEA #Privacy
• Company: Pennsylvania State Education Association
• Target: PSEA members
• Product: Membership Management System
• Feature: Member Database
• Type: DataBreach
• Severity: Major