Pennsylvania education union data breach hit 500,000 people

The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), the largest public-sector union in Pennsylvania, is notifying over half a million individuals that attackers stole their personal information in a July 2024 security breach. The union represents over 178,000 education professionals, including teachers, support staff, higher education personnel, nurses, retired educators, and future teachers. "PSEA experienced a security incident on or about July 6, 2024 that impacted our network environment," the organization said in breach notification letters sent to 517,487 individuals. "Through a thorough investigation and extensive review of impacted data which was completed on February 18, 2025, we determined that the data acquired by the unauthorized actor contained some personal information belonging to individuals whose information was contained within certain files within our network." PSEA says the stolen information varies by individual and consists of personal, financial, and health ... Read full article.