The immigration law firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP revealed that he suffered a data breach that led to leakage personal data of both current and former Google employees. Fragomen is one of the largest immigration law firms in the United States, with more than 582 attorneys in 47 regions worldwide.
In a breach notice data sent to Google employees affected by the data breach, Fragomen stated that they are responsible for providing I-9 verification services identity and the work of individuals at Google. According to the notification, the law firm recently learned that its network had been compromised and that the attacker had gained access to a file containing the personal data of Google employees.
Specifically, the official announcement of the company states the following: “We recently discovered a suspicious activity in network our computers. While our investigation is ongoing, we found that an unauthorized third party acquired access in a file containing personal information about services verification of work I-9. This file contains the personal information of many Google employees, including you. ”
An I-9 form must be completed by all its staff USA to declare their citizenship and eligibility for work in the country. This form contains information such as full name, date of birth, address e-mail, telephone number, social security number, passport numbers and other immigration IDs.
As this information is highly sensitive and can be used by malicious agents with the ultimate goal of identity theft or any other malicious activity, any affected Google users should be suspicious and watch for attempts. spear-phishing or other "fraudulent" activity in their credit reports.
According to BleepingComputer, Fragomen offers one year of free credit reporting to all affected Google users. So far, neither the law firm nor the tech giant has commented on the incident.
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