MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES DATA BREACH IMPACTS 300K

Summary from the TLDR InfoSec newsletter

The Minnesota Department of Human Services is notifying 300K victims that their data was accessed by an unauthorized individual over the course of a month. A user affiliated with a licensed care provider accessed data in the MnCHOICES system without authorization. The data accessed includes names, sex, dates of birth, phone numbers, addresses, Medicaid ID numbers, and the last four digits of SSNs.