Thousands of unemployed Texans at risk for identity theft
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JPMorganChase & Co. has notified the Texas Workforce Commission that it had a data breach on one of its secured servers that could have publicly exposed the data of 20,000 people.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.[6] (NYSE: JPM) notified the Texas Workforce Commission[7] on Tuesday that there was a data breach at the bank that could have compromised the personal information of people in Texas who receive unemployment insurance benefits.
This data could include the names, addresses, phone numbers, user ID, card number, date of birth, email addresses, passwords, security questions and bank account numbers of customers. Chase officials say the data had been exposed for two months.
The data breach affects people who use a debit card to receive their unemployment benefits. JPMorgan Chase officials say there has been no evidence that any personal information on a debit card account has been used improperly.
However, as a precaution Chase will notify all 20,000 individuals who registered to use the online services through the Chase UCard that the incident occurred. Chase will offer two years worth of free credit monitoring to those impacted by the breach.
Individuals who have been impacted by the breach should call Chase at 1-866-849-5255.
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