Hundreds of thousands of Americans are now at risk of financial fraud and identity theft following a massive data breach at a substance screening firm.
In a notice to the Office of the Maine Attorney General, The Alcohol & Drug Testing Service (TADTS) says a cybersecurity incident has exposed the data of 748,763 individuals.
-->According to TADTS, an unauthorized entity gained access to its data systems and stole information provided to the firm during the screening process, which may include names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, government-issued IDs, bank and financial entries, credit and debit card records, usernames and passwords, email accounts and passwords, USCIS or alien registration numbers and biometric datasets.
“On July 9, 2024, TADTS became aware of a potential compromise to data maintained in our systems. As soon as we discovered this activity, we immediately took steps to investigate, contain, and remediate the situation, including changing passwords, enhancing our endpoint detection protocols, and engaging experienced privacy and cybersecurity professionals to assist. We also reported this matter to federal law enforcement.
Through additional investigation, we confirmed that some of our data had been downloaded by an unauthorized actor.”
TADTS is a Texas-based firm that offers a nationwide network of collection sites for workplace and individual drug and alcohol screening.
The firm urges impacted individuals to be on the lookout for signs of identity theft and fraud. TADTS also says that victims may get one free credit report annually from each of the three major credit reporting bureaus.
For now, TADTS says that it has not received reports of identity theft and fraud related to the data breach.
