Some systems at the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) are still offline after being hit by a nation-state backed cyberattack in May.
As a result of the incident, an unknown number of people have potentially had their personal information stolen. This information could include full names, dates of birth, social security numbers, telephone numbers, health information, financial information and other data which cyber attackers could exploit.
Because of the sensitive nature of the information and the potential for it to be abused, DHSS has urged all Alaskans who provided data to or had their data stored by DHSS to take action to protect themselves from identity theft. A free credit monitoring service is being made available to public members concerned that they may be caught up in the breach.