The Arkansas Division of Workforce Services provides some hope for self-employed workers and independent contractors with Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
Those who had applied for this have had their personal information comprised.
The social security numbers, bank account,s and routing numbers of around 30,000 people had been exposed.
A computer programmer who was applying for unemployment noticed information being exposed.
The website was then shut down later that day.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/arkansas-department-of-workforce-services
"id": "ark039301222",
"linkid": "arkansas-department-of-workforce-services",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "05/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 30000,
'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'Arkansas',
'name': 'Arkansas Division of Workforce Services',
'type': 'Government Agency'}],
'attack_vector': 'Web Application Vulnerability',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 30000,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers',
'Bank Account Numbers',
'Routing Numbers']},
'description': 'A data breach at the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services '
'exposed personal information of individuals applying for '
'Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers',
'Bank Account Numbers',
'Routing Numbers'],
'systems_affected': ['Website']},
'response': {'containment_measures': ['Website Shutdown']},
'title': 'Data Breach at Arkansas Division of Workforce Services',
'type': 'Data Breach'}