A September 24 cyberattack on Arizona's court system stole PII for 1.3M people, including 30K orders of protection and 150K reports from a foster care board
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Courts losing PII on 1.3M people — including 30K protection orders and 150K foster care reports — is a reminder that ‘sensitive’ data is often sitting on brittle, underfunded systems. If you touch public-sector or legal data, assume breach and harden encryption, access controls, and vendor exposure before regulators and plaintiffs force the issue.
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