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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">TO: District and ESD Special Education Directors
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The message below is being sent to you on behalf of:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Candace Pelt, Ed.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Assistant Superintendent</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Office of Student Services</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">______________________________________________
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 21, 2019</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Vocational Rehabilitation Director’s Office would like you to be aware of this security incident:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Vocational Rehabilitation Director’s Office
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<b>Date:</b> March 21, 2019<br>
<b>To:</b> VR All Staff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Department of Human Services (DHS) has detected a security incident that possibly involved client information. The number of people and the information involved is still under investigation. This message
is a precautionary measure. Attached find a Frequently Asked Questions document that may be helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Department of Human Services takes the confidentiality of client information seriously. Our technology staff quickly detected and contained the incident.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">What happened?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Jan. 28, 2019, DHS and the Enterprise Security Office Cyber Security team confirmed that a breach of regulated information had occurred. Nine employees opened an email that compromised their Outlook mailboxes
and allowed access to these employee’s email information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Passwords were immediately reset to stop access, and security officials began investigating to determine the scope of the incident and the specifics of the information involved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The unauthorized access to the affected e-mail boxes was successfully stopped. DHS is in the process of thoroughly reviewing the incident and the information involved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">What DHS is doing about it?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The security and confidentiality of personal information is critical to DHS. While there is no indication that any personal information was copied for its email system or used inappropriately, the department
will be offering identity theft recovery services for impacted individuals. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The agency has hired an outside entity, IDExperts, to perform a forensic review to clarify the number and identities of Oregonians whose information was exposed, and the specific kinds of information involved.
ID Experts will send notices to the potentially impacted individuals with instructions on how to register for services, which includes free credit monitoring.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ID Experts has also established a toll-free information line at (800) 792-1750 beginning Friday (March 22, 2019).<b>
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There is also an established website with information: </b></span><a href="http://ide.myidcare.com/oregonDHS"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">http://ide.myidcare.com/oregonDHS</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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