- A data violation has apparently struck the American coast guard
- Pay checks of more than a thousand employees were affected
- The Coastal Guard Investigates the incident
A data violation assigned staff and payroll systems of the American Coast Guard and had an impact on members’ remuneration, and forced the agency to withdraw off -line systems to prevent a new intrusion until ” February 19, 2025 ”.
The Coast Guard told Cybernews researchers: “investigate data violation within its staff and its pay system, which had an impact on the remuneration of the remuneration of two weeks to 1,135 members”.
The sensitive financial information of the members of the service would have been exposed in hacking, which means that they could be at risk of fraud or identity theft – it could therefore be dangerous for anyone exposed, here is what we know until ‘now.
Compromise accounts
The data violation was discovered by a junior master, who alerted the agency of irregular activity to their account, and the source of the violation is still unknown.
The complete extent of the violation has not yet been determined, and the Coast Guard has confirmed that it “will ensure that it is resolved as soon as possible”.
“At the same time, the Coast Guard Staff Service Center and the Center for Compensation and Staff are accelerating remuneration for all the impacted members of the Coast Guard,” said the agency, calling “men and women of the USCG labor our most precious resource ”.
The Center for Compensation and Service Staff has removed its remuneration and benefits of direct access to offline while investigating the problem, but the spokesperson confirmed that the members will be paid “as soon as possible”.
The spokesperson for the Coast Guard reiterated Cyberness Its members “deserve transparency in the causes and the resolution of this incident” and that by the “response and investigation in progress”, the USCG “will continue to provide timely updates of the workforce” .
In April 2024, the Coast Guard reserve underwent a data violation which exposed the private information of thousands of people, including domestic addresses, employee identification numbers and names.
With an increased cybercriminal activity of the national states around the world, it is not surprising that critical infrastructure and government agencies be targeted. In fact, American military and defense entrepreneurs were increasingly attacked by infostant malware, with the American army, the Navy, Lockheed Martin, Boeing and others all affected.
Risky employees
Since personally identifiable information has been disclosed in the context of this violation, there is a risk for affected people. Financial information put staff at the risk of fraud, such as false credit card complaints, so that employees are sure to monitor their accounts very carefully.
With any data violation, a serious danger is the risk of identity theft for families and employees, which these plans can help. Staying above your accounts and contact details is the basis, but the plans often offer insurance, dark web monitoring and antivirus software to protect you in one place.
In addition to this, social engineering attacks and phishing are a risk, as attackers can use personal information obtained from violation to build a specific e-mail (generally) which refers to family members , to the websites you use, to the company for which you work or to another convincing scam.
They will often encourage the victim to action, such as click on a link, enter identification information or scan a QR code. Our advice is never to click on links or digitization codes that you do not trust 100%, and to be very careful, communications that you do not wait.
It is unlikely that banks send you by e -mail or call you unexpectedly, just like social media companies or communication platforms you use – and they will not ask for your information either. If you receive an email from one of them, you are not sure, search for the official email address and compare them, or call the company to check.
Make sure to create a solid and secure and unique password for all platforms that contain medical or financial information (such as banks and messaging applications) – this puts in quarantine all the accounts that suffer from a violation of data.
It is also important to allow multi-factory authentication or MFA. Although this can be a bit of hassle, it is an additional safety layer and gives you peace of mind knowing that criminals would face an additional barrier to steal your contact details.
