United States
USA
Cyber intrusion disrupts Alaska retirement contribution processing
The Alaska Division of Retirement and Benefits detected a cyber intrusion on 4 November 2024 and took systems offline. Its programs and applications were initially unreachable for about three weeks, while the eReporting system used by participating employers to report retirement contributions remained unavailable much longer after systems were moved to a cloud environment. The University of Alaska confirmed that it could not transmit employee retirement contributions through the normal process. DRB later estimated approximately $2.7 million would be needed to make affected participants whole for lost investment earnings and related effects.
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Estimated severity
82 / 100
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Source reliability
95 / 100
Approximate Date
04/11/2024
Targeted Company
ALASKA DIVISION OF RETIREMENT AND BENEFITS
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA (Payment or financial service provider)
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United States
Affected countries
United States
Impacted regions
Alaska · United States
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
$2.7M
Impact types
ERP or business system disruptionService degradationDownstream customer disruption
Affected sectors
Government & Public AdministrationFinance & Insurance
Affected departments
Information TechnologyFinance
Attack Profile
Attack types
Unauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
No information