I am really happy i no longer have a password for my banking. My employer was hacked

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Dear Valued Team Members,
 
(Company name redacted) values the relationship it has with its employees and understands the importance of protecting your personal information. We are writing to inform you that we identified a cyber incident that may involve some of your personal information. Our Incident Response Plan was immediately mobilized, and containment and mitigation measures were enacted.
 
What Happened?
Based on our investigations to date, we understand the following:
* On August 11, 2024, we identified a cyber incident involving unauthorized access to our systems, which resulted in the encryption of several of our servers.
* Our investigation is ongoing and encrypted server content is being restored and analyzed as part of the incident response.
* We are currently working to determine the full scope of the data affected.
 
What Are We Doing?
As soon as we discovered the incident, we took immediate containment and mitigation steps, including: isolating affected systems to prevent further unauthorized access; engaging withcybersecurity experts and outside legal counsel to assist with the investigation; and conducting a comprehensive review of our security measures and implementing additional safeguards.
Our investigation continues. Moreover, we are reviewing our own processes to minimize the potential for a similar situation taking place in the future and we are continually evaluating ways to further strengthen our privacy and information security program, including identifying additional measures and enhancements to existing safeguards to protect personal information. 
 
Potential Impact to You
In containing and remediating the incident, we are actively working to ascertain the scope of the impacted information, including the extent to which any of your personal information has been impacted. We will be in touch as our investigation unfolds.
For now, we would strongly recommend that you take the following steps:
* Change your passwords, especially for any banking or credit cards that you use
* Monitor your bank and credit card accounts for any unusual activity
* Notify your bank and credit card providers to watch for any suspicious activity, and
* Change passwords to any of the systems you use at work or your personal accounts, particularly if you had these saved in files on your computer or in any shared drives.
For More Information
We deeply regret this incident and any inconvenience it may cause you. If you have any questions, please contact