Personal data of 1.4M Washington unemployment claimants exposed in hack

Re:Personal data of 1.4M Washington unemployment claimants e... by treeman79 on Monday February 01, 2021 @04:29PM (#25994236)

Was out of work for awhile some years ago. After days of paper work and many weeks of delays I got 200 to help a family of 5.

A few months later I got a letter asking me to pay it pay it back.

Later I got very badly injured. Like brain damage level. Got laughed At when applying for disability. Apparently if you have a stroke, then a desk job is fine, since you just need to sit there.

There is a narrow range between deathly ill and dead that you can obtain assistance.

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Re:Personal data of 1.4M Washington unemployment claimants e... by fitblipper on Monday February 01, 2021 @04:47PM (#25994458)

I'm very sorry to hear all the troubles you've been facing. I will soon be deciding where I want to move and this sounds like a state I should avoid. Was that in Washington?

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Re:Personal data of 1.4M Washington unemployment claimants e... by okoslaatoo on Monday February 01, 2021 @08:14PM (#25996397)

Washington is similarly troubled. As I hear it from my friends, it was not this bad years ago in Washington and Florida. These must be resent previously unnoticed incompetencies. (Pardon for the word "incompetencies" may be too harsh.). New Jersey unemployment claims were almost this bad 20 years ago.

I am one of them who is in process proving identity for a few months now.

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Re:Personal data of 1.4M Washington unemployment claimants e... by treeman79 on Monday February 01, 2021 @07:21PM (#25995982)

No. Florida. Good economic freedom. No safety net.

Disability was private company though.

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