Officials announced on Monday that the city of Long Beach began notifying people whose data may have been incorrectly revealed in the penetration 2023.
The city’s press statement indicated that the “unauthorized representative” was discovered on the city network on November 14, 2023, and at that time, it affected the website and networks in the city.
Starting on Monday, “the city notifies the people whose personal information may be accessed and/or obtained as a result of the accident,” said the city’s statement.
“Although there is no indication that any information has been abused for the purpose of committing fraud or stealing identity, the city provides these notifications under the law and motivated with an abundance of caution until those affected by information, tools and resources are affected to protect their personal information, if they feel it is appropriate to do this,” the version explained, which made it clear that the notifications will come by mail in the file in the file in the city.
The city’s investigation was completed last month and “decided that some of the affected files containing personal information have been accessed and/or obtained by an individual (individuals) that are not authorized.”
This information includes Christmas and/or credit and/or discount card information, medical data, numbers for social security, driver licenses and passports, although every person who is not affected has stolen all this information.
Mayor Rex Richardson said: “The safety of data is of utmost importance, and we are committed to the protection of the data that our society entrusted,” said Mayor Rex Richardson. “This has proven that it is an unprecedented event for our institution, and we continue to take this investigation and its results seriously. We will remain as transparent as possible, and we appreciate patience and understanding from our society.”
The city created a hot line for violation issues. For information, call the number 888-802-9667 between 6 am and 6 pm on a week.
City officials added: “It is important to note that the communication center employees will not request, and people should not provide them, a social security number or other personal information when calling the call center.”