‘Security incident’: Cleveland Catholic diocese announces breach

Paul Kiska
·1 min read

CLEVELAND (WJW) — The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland is alerting its diocese after an “unauthorized party” may have accessed an employee email account that stored personal information.

The Diocese said the “data security incident” involves employees personal, financial and even travel information including the following:

  • Financial account information

  • Routing number

  • Security code

  • Health insurance information

  • Passport number

  • Social Security number

  • Full names

  • Date of birth

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“Upon learning this…we commenced a prompt and thorough investigation,” the Diocese stated. “As part of the investigation, we engaged third-party cybersecurity professionals to conduct a forensic investigation and review the impacted email account and the data stored within.”

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“That doesn’t surprise me. Nonprofits are almost bigger targets,” said Trent Milliron, president and CEO of Kloud9 IT.

Kloud9 IT is a cyber security company that specializes in business IT support. Milliron says anyone impacted by the breach should monitor their credit over the next year.

“Social security numbers, bank account numbers, those can all be used to open accounts and credit lines,” said Milliron.

Milliron suggests obtaining free credit reports and reviewing financial account statements weekly.

“I would even probably call the different credit bureaus and put a freeze on any credit,” said Milliron.

Meanwhile, the Diocese has set up a confidential toll-free response line at 866-528-9250. The response line is available Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Central Time.

You can read the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland’s full statement by clicking here.

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