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Ohio reconsiders policy of kicking workers off unemployment, after hackers release code to overwhelm state system

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - State officials are re-evaluating whether to kick workers off unemployment benefits if they don’t return during the pandemic, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Kimberly Hall said.“No benefits are being denied right now as a result of a person’s decision not to return to work while we continue to evaluate the policy," Hall said on Monday.Hall’s announcement comes after news that a hacker developed code to muck up a section of the Ohio unemployment system in which employers were to report workers who didn’t return to work during the pandemic.The anonymous hacker released code to allow anyone to submit fake information to the state’s site, which was then simplified by a software engineer to make it easier for people to use. Vice reports that the hacker said his goal was to overwhelm the system with incorrect information, which would make it harder for the state to weed out the legitimate submissions and deny people benefits.Despite the release of the code, state security measures were able to thwart the false reports, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services spokesman Bret Crow said.“As a result of this incident, ODJFS implemented additional security measures to address this issue," Crow said in an email. “This attack is considered a distributed denial-of-service attack, one that attempts to disrupt traffic of a targeted network. Based on the form generation and validation process, this attack was a low risk to disrupt traffic. No false claims were processed by ODJFS.”Crow said the state is required by law to ensure unemployment benefits are given to people who are truly eligible.“We continue to encourage employers to engage in dialogue with an employee who expresses reluctance to return to work about the measures that employers are taking to help employees feel safe,” he said.On May 1, , urging them to out their workers who haven’t returned, even though there isn’t widespread testing available to anyone who wants it, and schools and daycares remained closed.Policy Matters Ohio and the Ohio Poverty Law Center to Gov. Mike DeWine shortly after, saying that the state’s policy was too narrow and that many people have real, justifiable reasons for not returning to work. have filed unemployment claims in the past seven weeks of the pandemic hitting Ohio and businesses starting to close. That’s just the number of people who have been able to successfully submit claims. Some people can’t get confirmation numbers from the state’s system, which is overwhelmed., at least 1,357 people in Ohio have died with coronavirus. It’s infected at least 24,777 people.More coverage: Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - State officials are re-evaluating whether to kick workers off unemployment benefits if they don’t return during the pandemic, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Kimberly Hall said.“No benefits are being denied right now as a result of a person’s decision not to return to work while we continue to evaluate the policy," Hall said on Monday.Hall’s announcement comes after news that a hacker developed code to muck up a section of the Ohio unemployment system in which employers were to report workers who didn’t return to work during the pandemic.The anonymous...

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