Summary Bullets:

• In late January 2024, Verizon began alerting more than 63,000 employees impacted by the breach of a file in September 2023 containing personal information that could encompass social security numbers, addresses, union affiliation, and compensation.

• Verizon took nearly three months to detect the incident, which the carrier blamed on “insider wrong doing.” Verizon doesn’t believe the data was shared with external entities.

Verizon joined the long list of companies facing the aftermath of a 2023 security incident. Nearly three months after an employee gained unauthorized access to a document containing sensitive data on more than 63,000 staff members, Verizon finally became aware of the breach. In January, Verizon sent letters to the employees impacted by the breach. In the letter, the carrier says the file could include name, address, social security number or other national identifier, gender, union affiliation, date of birth, and compensation data. Verizon says there is no indication the information has been misused or shared outside of Verizon. The carrier is providing affected staff with identity protection and credit monitoring services for two years.

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