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on your side tonight with new details
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about the cyber attack targeting the
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parent company of Hannerford
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supermarkets. We now know tens of
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thousands of mayors may have had
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personal information accessed. The IT
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team's Dan Lampereelloo is at the live
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desk with what was involved and how to
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protect yourself. Dan? Well, Marissa,
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this cyber breach happened back in
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November and impacted the Dutch parent
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company of Hannerford. But now, more
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than seven months later, we're just
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learning about the sheer scale of what
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happened. Last fall, Hannerford's
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website, their mobile app, and their
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to-go ordering system were all taken
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offline for about a week after what the
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company called at the time a cyber
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security issue. Now, according to a new
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filing with the main attorney general's
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office, A-hole Del Hayes, which owned
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Hannerford, says they were actually
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hacked and confirmed certain files and
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data were accessed by those cyber
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criminals. According to the filing, more
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than 2.2 million people nationwide were
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affected by the breach. that includes
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more than 95,000 Maine residents. The
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company says the majority are current
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and former employees, but some customer
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information was accessed to that may
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include things like names, date of
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birth, government ID numbers, and even
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some banking information as well. Now, a
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spokesperson tells the IT team they
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don't believe any customer credit card
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numbers were accessed during the breach,
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but the company is now offering free
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credit monitoring to those who were
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affected. If you're worried your data
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may have been involved, scan the QR code
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there at the bottom of your screen. That
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will take you to the IT team's guide for
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how to freeze your credit, which is the
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best way to prevent identity theft. On
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your side tonight, I'm Dan Lampereella,
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Greg. All right. My good.
