Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. Data Breach | Arnold Law Firm

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. Data Breach

Posted on behalf of Arnold Law Firm on December 15, 2022

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., contact the Arnold Law Firm at 916-777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.

Booz Allen data breach On or about November 14, 2022, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. (“Booz Allen”) sent a Data Breach notice to individuals informing them their personally identifiable information (“PII”) had been stolen from Booz Allen’s computer system through an internal theft by a now former employee.

According to the Data Breach letter, this employee obtained and downloaded a copy of an internal report that was improperly stored on an internal SharePoint site on or about March 29, 2021. Booz Allen claims that the PII stolen by its employee includes, but may not be limited to, names, Social Security numbers, compensation, gender, race, ethnicity, date of birth, and U.S. Government security clearance status and eligibility as of March 29, 2021 for Booz Allen employees as of that date.

Booz Allen is an information technology consulting company located in McLean, Virginia. It realizes $8.36 billion in revenue annually, and it has 29,200 employees, just about all of whom were impacted by this Data Breach.

The data of over 28,610 individuals was compromised by this data breach. If you received a Breach Letter from Booz Allen, you were impacted by the data breach.

Booz Allen has offered data breach victims 24 months of Equifax identity monitoring services.

WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED?

According to Booz Allen, the following information was exposed:

  • Social Security numbers
  • Names
  • Compensation
  • Gender
  • Race
  • Ethnicity
  • Dates of birth
  • U.S. Government Security Clearance eligibility and status as of March 29, 2021

This information is called your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). It tells others about you and is considered part of your identity. Businesses are required to secure this information or risk facing statutory penalties, among other legal penalties. Stolen PII can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity.

The best way to protect yourself after a data breach is to sign up for credit and identity protection services as soon as possible. California offers extra protections and legal rights to its residents through the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., contact the Arnold Law Firm at 916-777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.