A major data breach in a firm that deals with human resources has put hundreds of thousands of Americans at risk for identity theft and fraudulent activity.
Kelly Benefits, a Maryland-based company, has filed a report with the Office of the Maine attorney general stating that it discovered an important cybersecurity incident affecting 413 032 people.
An internal investigation by the company revealed that an unidentified entity had gained access to their database, stealing sensitive information about customers, such as names, dates-of-birth, Social Security Numbers, Tax ID numbers, health and medical insurance records, and data from financial accounts.
The investigation found that Kelly Benefits was the victim of unauthorized access from December 12th 2024 to December 17th 2024. Certain files had been copied or taken.
Kelly Benefits began an exhaustive and time-consuming review of the files affected to identify what data was in each file and who it related to.
This analysis was completed on March 3rd, 2025. The analysis was finished on 3rd March 2025 .”
Kelly Benefits provides a variety of HR services including payroll solutions, retirement plans, compliance support, and consulting.
It says that it has sent letters to the affected people and is offering them a credit monitoring service for a period of 12 months.
Kelly Benefits has not yet found any evidence that information relating to the incident was misused.
The company says that it reported the breach of data to federal agencies for law enforcement, regulatory and monitoring purposes and will monitor its policies and procedures closely.
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