Thousands of Unlimited Care Inc Employees Lose Their Data in Recent Breach

  • By Steven
  • Apr 20, 2023

Unlimited Care Inc. is a home health company that offers help to patients in Westchester, New York, and surrounding locations. The company employs more than 2,500 people and has an annual revenue of more than $250 million. The organization recently suffered from a data attack that could have compromised a large number of company employees. 

How Did the Attack Occur?

According to the company's official filing with the Maine Attorney General, there was a disturbance in the network at Unlimited Care Inc. that made employees think something was going wrong. The network issues were detected on February 16, 2023, and later a team of cyber security experts was brought in to determine that hackers broke into the company's file networks and accessed the personal information of employees. The attack happened fast and was quickly blocked off, but not before the hackers were able to get away with some significant data. 

What Information Was Viewed or Stolen?

Based on the statement put out by Unlimited Care Inc impacted employees had their Social Security numbers, names, birth dates, addresses, and more exposed in this data breach. All this personal data was made available during the network disruption, and it's a major issue. 

How Did Unlimited Care Inc. Admit to the Breach?

On April 12, 2023, Unlimited Care Inc. put out an official statement to the Maine Attorney General about suffering from a network disruption that may have impacted employee data. It was on this same day that the company began sending out letters to all the employees that were affected by this data breach. If you receive a letter from the company, you should know that your data may have been taken and could be used for identity theft or to make fraudulent purchases. 

What Will Become of the Stolen Information?

We don't know the specific intent that the data thieves had when breaking into the company network, but it's likely the stolen information will be used in any way possible to earn a profit. For some hackers, that means opening fraudulent bank accounts and taking out new credit cards, and making purchases with these items. For other people, that means selling off the data to a different attacker. Some may try to conduct phishing attacks on people to gather even more usable data before attacking them directly. No matter what these attackers are going to do with the stolen information, it's likely to be harmful to the individuals that got hit by the attack. 

What Should Affected Parties Do in the Aftermath of the Breach?

If you are one of the company employees that receive a notice informing you that you may have been compromised in the latest data breach, you should monitor your credit and financial accounts immediately. You can think about canceling credit cards and about putting a freeze on your credit to prevent new accounts from being opened. Taking these actions will help protect you from damage and can help you avoid most of the common issues caused by this data breach in the first place.

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