Background check and drug testing provider DISA Global Solutions reports data breach
Houston-based employee screening company DISA Global Solutions says a 2024 data breach exposed the information of more than 3.3 million people.
The company, which handles drug and alcohol testing and background checks for thousands of businesses, said Monday in a filing with Maine regulators that the breach affected current, former and prospective employees of its customers.
DISA said it discovered the breach on April 22, 2024, and traced the illicit activity back to February 9, 2024. The company labeled it as “hacking” from an external source but did not provide more details.
The company said it was “unaware of any attempted or actual misuse of any information involved in this incident.”
In a notice on its own website, the company said the breached data may have included a person’s name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, “other government ID numbers, financial account information, and other data elements. Not every data element was present for every individual.”
DISA says it serves 55,000 enterprises overall, including “30% of Fortune 500 companies.”
Outside of background checks and drug testing, the company says it “helps employers make informed staffing decisions” with services such as “occupational health, transportation compliance, and financial due diligence.”
DISA is offering affected people credit monitoring through Experian.
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