Recently, Goodwill Industries of Greater NY and Northern NJ, Inc. d/b/a GoodTemps (“GoodTemps”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access information stored on the company’s computer network. In this notice, GoodTemps explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information. Upon completing its investigation, GoodTemps began sending out data breach notification letters to all individuals whose information was affected by the recent data security incident.

If you received a data breach notification from Goodwill Industries of Greater NY and Northern NJ, Inc., it is essential you understand what is at risk and what you can do about it. A data breach lawyer can help you learn more about how to protect yourself from becoming a victim of fraud or identity theft, as well as discuss your legal options following the GoodTemps data breach. For more information, please see our recent piece on the topic here.

What Caused the GoodTemps Data Breach?

The GoodTemps data breach was only recently announced, and more information is expected in the near future. However, GoodTemps’s filing with the Attorney General of Massachusetts provides some important information on what led up to the breach. According to this source, GoodTemps recently detected suspicious activity within its computer network. In response, GoodTemps secured its system and then launched an investigation to learn more about the incident and whether any consumer data may have been leaked as a result.

Ultimately, the GoodTemps investigation confirmed that an unauthorized actor was able to access portions of its computer network, including files containing confidential consumer information.

After learning that sensitive consumer data was accessible to an unauthorized party, GoodTemps reviewed the compromised files to determine what information was leaked and which consumers were impacted.

More recently, GoodTemps sent out data breach letters to anyone who was affected by the recent data security incident. Unfortunately, the publicly available GoodTemps data breach letter does not mention the specific data types that were compromised as a result of the cyberattack. However, the personalized data breach letters that GoodTemps recently sent out should provide victims with a list of what information belonging to them was compromised.

More Information About Goodwill Industries of Greater NY and Northern NJ, Inc.

GoodTemps is the temporary staffing division of Goodwill Industries of Greater NY and Northern NJ, Inc. GoodTemps places a wide range of employees, from laborers to lawyers and administrative assistants to accounting professionals, in long- and short-term temporary assignments in the public and private sectors. GoodTemps operates in Greater New York and throughout New Jersey. GoodTemps employs more than 696 people and generates approximately $14 million in annual revenue.