Georgia DHS warns hackers accessed employee email accounts with personal data

ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Human Services is warning that some residents’ personal information may have been exposed after hackers gained access to employee email accounts earlier this year.

What we know:

State officials say they don’t believe anyone’s data has been misused, but they’re alerting those who could be affected just to be safe. The issue came to light when the Georgia Technology Authority, which manages the department's email systems, discovered unauthorized access to several accounts that held confidential information.

Once the breach was found, the state immediately secured the accounts and launched an investigation. DHS officials then began reviewing the emails to see whose data might have been compromised, tracking down current addresses to notify those people