Abraham Jewett  |  December 13, 2022

Category: Consumer News

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Sequoia data breach overview: 

  • Who: Human resources, payroll and benefits management company Sequoia disclosed a September data breach to its corporate and individual customers earlier this month. 
  • Why: Sequoia says the data breach may have compromised sensitive personal information, including names, addresses and Social Security numbers, among other things.
  • Where: The data breach affected customers nationwide.

Sequoia disclosed to its customers earlier this month that it suffered a data breach that the human resources, payroll and benefits management company says may have compromised sensitive personal information. 

The company discovered the data breach, which Sequoia says occurred between Sept. 22 and Oct. 6, after it noticed unauthorized access on a cloud storage repository holding sensitive and personal customer data, Wired reports. 

Sequoia is reportedly offering customers impacted by the data breach, including corporate and individual consumers, three years of free identity protection services with Experian, a consumer credit reporting company. 

Potentially exposed information includes names, addresses, birthdates, gender, marital status, employment status, Social Security numbers and email addresses, among other things, Wired reports. 

Company says no evidence of misused information following Sequoia data breach 

Sequoia reportedly said in its disclosure to customers that it had no evidence any of their potentially exposed data was misused or distributed and that it took immediate steps to remedy the data breach upon becoming aware of it. 

Sequoia found no malware within its systems nor was there any evidence that the data breach involved an attempt at data extortion, according to the company’s disclosure. 

Sequoia also reportedly says it did not find any of the computers or servers in its infrastructure had been compromised and that there was no indication any ongoing unauthorized access occurred. 

The cloud storage system where unauthorized access occurred also holds personal information related to COVID-19, including test results for the virus and vaccination cards that had been uploaded into the employment system, Wired reports. 

In related news, last December, Kronos addressed a ransomware attack on the human resource management company’s systems that affected dozens of companies and organizations using its payroll software. 

Kronos warned at the time that the attack could force them to take its systems offline for a number of weeks, forcing employers using its software to quickly figure out ways to correctly track their employees’ payable hours. 

Have you been impacted by the Sequoia data breach? Let us know in the comments! 


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