Legislative Data Center

Name of Entity
Legislative Data Center
Organization Type
Government & Military
Address

Sacramento, CA
United States

Description
Over 50 employees of the California State Assembly were warned that their personal information may have been obtained by a hacker.  Some lawmakers were affected by the breach.  On Friday, officials learned that one of the servers had been breached.  It appears that the goal of the hacker or hackers was to overload the Capitol's Internet service.  People who participated in a flexible-benefits program were affected by the breach.  The type of data exposed was not reported.
Date of Breach
01/01/2011