Some people aren’t able to receive payments. Others aren’t able to search for jobs.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A cyberattack on a software company has disrupted unemployment benefits and job seeking assistance for thousands of people in several states.
The president, Paul Toomey, said his company identified “anomalous activity” on its network and immediately took the Tennessee system offline to halt the activity. “Individuals cannot file for unemployment until the system is back online,” Nebraska Department of Labor spokeswoman Grace Johnson said in an email.
Some state-run job seeking sites were also taken offline because of the attack, including Tennessee’s. Florida said it was temporarily waiving a job search requirement for those receiving unemployment payments. Texas created a new website for its job seekers with links to popular work search sites such as LinkedIn.
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