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AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentData MishandlingCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)MinorMediumResolved

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 1, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

68%
Full breach record for Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance →26 incidents on file

The Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) notified an individual that their minor son's personal information was unauthorizedly acquired by an external party. The incident involved a DUA employee informing the unauthorized individual to delete the record, which they agreed to do. DUA is offering 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Experian IdentityWorks to the affected family. The incident is considered resolved.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Oct 1, 2026

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.