Florida Student Financial Aid site breach exposes 4.9M SSNs

# Florida Student Financial Aid site breach exposes 4.9M SSNs

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- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss): Confirmed real-world PII breach affecting 4.9 million people.
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2026-10-30 (happened 2026-10-19)
- AI role: No AI role
- Products: Florida Student Financial Aid website

## Summary

The Florida Department of Education reported a data breach impacting the student financial aid platform. The incident compromised Social Security numbers belonging to nearly 4.9 million individuals.

## What to do

Monitor personal credit reports and watch for identity theft communications.

## Affected and fixed versions

- Affected: Florida Student Financial Aid website

## Latest updates

- 2026-10-30: Florida warns that 4.9 million people had Social Security numbers leaked in financial aid site breach (https://therecord.media/florida-warns-5-million-affected-financial-aid-site-breach)

## Sources

- 2026-10-30 The Record: Florida warns that 4.9 million people had Social Security numbers leaked in financial aid site breach https://therecord.media/florida-warns-5-million-affected-financial-aid-site-breach
- 2026-11-02 SecurityWeek: Florida Student Aid Website Hack Puts Data of 4.9 Million People at Risk https://securityweek.com/florida-student-aid-website-hack-puts-data-of-4-9-million-people-at-risk

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