The state agency mixed up the details of more than 44,000 1099-G tax forms it issued to unemployment claimants.
Gov. Phil Scott later said, “As soon as the person enrolls, the protection will be retroactive to the date of the breach.”
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Vermont Commits $7M to Clean Up Data Breach
Vermont has agreed to pay as much as $7 million for identity theft protection after a glitch at the state’s Department of Labor exposed the personal information of thousands of Vermonters. So reports WCAX in Montpelier.
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