April 4, 2025 By Jonathan Greig
About 90,000 people had information accessed by ransomware hackers who breached the systems of the Port of Seattle last year.
The organization — which runs Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, several parks, container terminals and more — said it is sending breach notification letters to those affected, including about 71,000 people in Washington state.
“The threat actors accessed and downloaded some personal information from previously used Port systems for employee, contractor, and parking data. The Port holds very little information about airport or maritime passengers, and systems processing payments were not affected,” officials said in a notice on Thursday.
Those impacted had some combination of names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses, ID cards and some medical information stolen. Victims will receive one year of free credit monitoring services.