Geographic Solutions, Inc.

Several US states lost their access to their unemployment services last week after Florida-based vendor Geographic Solutions that powers employment services was hit by a cyberattack.

The company was forced to take its IT systems down due to a cyberattack, which prevented tens of thousands of people across the US from filing unemployment claims on time.

However Louisiana, Nebraska, and Tennessee were restored their platform and started taking claims, still important measure to protect the data were going on.

Source: https://www.pcmag.com/news/several-state-unemployment-portals-back-online-after-cyberattack

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/geographic-solutions

"id": "geo195125722",
"linkid": "geographic-solutions",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "07/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['Louisiana',
                                               'Nebraska',
                                               'Tennessee',
                                               'Other US states'],
                        'industry': 'Employment Services',
                        'location': 'Florida, USA',
                        'name': 'Geographic Solutions',
                        'type': 'Vendor'}],
 'description': 'Several US states lost their access to their unemployment '
                'services last week after Florida-based vendor Geographic '
                'Solutions that powers employment services was hit by a '
                'cyberattack. The company was forced to take its IT systems '
                'down due to a cyberattack, which prevented tens of thousands '
                'of people across the US from filing unemployment claims on '
                'time. However Louisiana, Nebraska, and Tennessee were '
                'restored their platform and started taking claims, still '
                'important measure to protect the data were going on.',
 'impact': {'downtime': 'Several days',
            'operational_impact': 'Prevented tens of thousands of people from '
                                  'filing unemployment claims on time',
            'systems_affected': ['Unemployment services platforms']},
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Taking IT systems down'],
              'recovery_measures': ['Restoring platform access']},
 'title': 'Cyberattack on Geographic Solutions Disrupts Unemployment Services',
 'type': 'Cyberattack'}