Hackers may have accessed Inquirer subscriber and employee personal data in 2023 cyberattack

About 25,500 Philadelphia Inquirer subscribers, employees, former employees, and employees' family members on company benefit plans may have had their personal information exposed in a May cyberattack, Inquirer publisher and chief executive officer Lisa Hughes said April 26.

The company announced in an internal email to employees that outside cybersecurity experts had found no evidence that the data had been misused to commit identity theft or fraud. In an e-mailed response to follow-up questions, Hughes said that Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, financial account information, and medical information may have been accessed.

The company will send letters to people who may have been impacted with details about what information was compromised and will offer complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services.

The update comes at the conclusion of what The Inquirer called a "complex, methodical, and lengthy process" to investigate the incident.

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