{"585360":{"#nid":"585360","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Human Resources Notifies Employees of Data Breach","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Human Resources notified employees Thursday morning of a data breach that occurred in Tech\u0026rsquo;s systems earlier this month.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn Dec. 12, a Georgia Tech employee conducted research on a trusted website that had been compromised by a malicious software known as ransomware. The ransomware infiltrated the employee\u0026#39;s computer, which was connected to Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s network, allowing access to a variety of files \u0026mdash; some of which included sensitive, personal information of current and past Georgia Tech employees.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough the system was compromised for less than 30 minutes, data elements such as names, Social Security numbers, addresses, benefit elections, and, in a few instances, bank account numbers were potentially exposed. Georgia Tech Cyber Security quickly intervened to stop the breach and has successfully restored and secured the impacted systems. A full investigation is underway.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOut of an abundance of caution, Human Resources has\u0026nbsp;notifed by email\u0026nbsp;those who may be affected and will send a mailed letter to homes in the next week. The Institute is\u0026nbsp;offering a complimentary one-year subscription to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.legalclub.com\/\u0022\u003ELegal Club of America\u003C\/a\u003E (LCA), which\u0026nbsp;offers an identity theft program providing identity monitoring, recovery, legal care, and other services.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEnrollment will be automatic, and LCA will contact employees directly via mail within the next month with further information. (\u003Cem\u003EDue to the holiday weekend, LCA will first be available to respond to any\u0026nbsp;inquiries on Tuesday, Dec. 27.)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech also has proactively taken the step of notifying major credit agencies. Employees should consider taking additional steps to protect themselves.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ohr.gatech.edu\/2016databreach\u0022\u003ESee the Human Resources site for more information\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAny additional developments and information will be made available on the Georgia Tech Human Resources website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ohr.gatech.edu\/2016databreach\u0022\u003Eohr.gatech.edu\/2016databreach\u003C\/a\u003E. Questions and concerns related to the breach can be directed to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:hrinfo@ohr.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehrinfo@ohr.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Human Resources notified employees Thursday morning of a data breach that occurred in Tech\u0026rsquo;s systems earlier this month.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Human Resources notified employees Thursday morning of a data breach that occurred in Tech\u2019s systems earlier this month."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-12-22 19:49:13","changed_gmt":"2016-12-22 20:37:55","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-12-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-12-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"585361":{"id":"585361","type":"image","title":"Data Breach","body":null,"created":"1482437879","gmt_created":"2016-12-22 20:17:59","changed":"1482437879","gmt_changed":"2016-12-22 20:17:59","alt":"","file":{"fid":"223166","name":"data-breach.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/data-breach.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/data-breach.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":862040,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/data-breach.jpg?itok=z-jpC0im"}}},"media_ids":["585361"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ohr.gatech.edu\/2016databreach","title":"Data Breach Information"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.legalclub.com\/","title":"Legal Club of America"},{"url":"http:\/\/ohr.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech Human Resources"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"64303","name":"Human Resources"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"438","name":"data"},{"id":"2775","name":"human resources"},{"id":"1404","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"8726","name":"OHR"},{"id":"3423","name":"employees"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:hrinfo@ohr.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehrinfo@ohr.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}