Hendersonville city employees target of cybersecurity breach

pA Hendersonville cybersecurity incident has put city employees data at risk The incident occurred just before the Thanksgiving break according to a Nov 29 statement from City Manager John ConnetppConnet said that a threat actor group targeted software used to manage city employee datappHendersonville is working with the North Carolina Joint Cybersecurity Task Force and other government agencies to investigate the incident It is also working with a thirdparty contractor to assess what happenedppWe are taking this matter very seriously and continue to take significant measures to protect the information in our control Connet said Based on our preliminary investigation we have determined that the unauthorized party likely accessed the system and gained access to certain employee data for individuals hired before January 1 2021ppHe added that the breach did not impact other systems or customer datappConnet said that the city of Hendersonville will contact individuals whose personal information may have been impactedppMore HCA data breach class action lawsuit may include 11 million Mission patients notifiedppMore Data breach at Asheville VA Medical Center leaked information of over 1500 veteransppMitchell Black covers Buncombe County and health care for the Citizen Times Email him at mblackcitizentimescom or follow him on Twitter MitchABlack Please help support local journalism with a subscription to the Citizen Timesp