Manpower Hacked: Staffing Giant’s Data Breach Blunder Exposes 144,189 People

Manpower, a leading staffing agency, reported a data breach impacting 144,189 people, with personal info like names compromised. Detected during an IT outage investigation, unauthorized access spanned from December 29, 2024, to January 12, 2025. Manpower offers affected individuals a year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

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In the world of staffing, it seems Manpower just staffed their data breach bingo card, hitting a high score of 144,189! Who knew juggling personal info could lead to such a spectacular digital fumble? Hope they have enough manpower left to patch this up before the hackers ask for references!

Key Points:

  • Manpower suffered a data breach affecting 144,189 individuals.
  • The breach was discovered during an IT outage investigation in January 2025.
  • Unauthorized access occurred between December 29, 2024, and January 12, 2025.
  • Manpower is offering 12 months of free Equifax credit monitoring to affected individuals.
  • The RansomHub ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack.

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