Security News > 2023 > November > Maine govt notifies 1.3 million people of MOVEit data breach
The State of Maine has announced that its systems were breached after threat actors exploited a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer tool and accessed personal information of about 1.3 million, which is close to the state's entire population.
Various Maine state agencies were among the thousands of organizations worldwide using the Progress Software data transfer product.
"The software vulnerability was exploited by a group of cybercriminals and allowed them to access and download files belonging to certain agencies in the State of Maine between May 28, 2023, and May 29, 2023" - The State of Maine.
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