Dallas County officials began last week mailing notices to people impacted by the Oct. 2023 cyberattack.
County officials began sending letters July 10 notifying employees, residents and other impacted people that hackers had access to their information during, said Lauren Trimble, chief of staff for Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins. The letters offer people two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.
. Overtime overspending in the sheriff’s department was cited as a key reason for the shortfall. The county is considering laying off hundreds of workers next year and putting more oversight on overtime spending to close the gap. County officials say people who suspect their personal information was impacted by last year’s data breach should contact a call center at 1-888-330-2852.. Everton covers Dallas city government. He joined The Dallas Morning News in November 2020 after previously working for The Oregonian and The Associated Press in Hartford, Conn.
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