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Posted: March 21, 2007

Social Security Numbers of 2,700 State Workers Posted Online

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Raleigh, N.C. — About 2,700 state workers received an e-mail Wednesday saying their personal information was accidentally posted on the Internet.

The mistake went un-noticed for almost two months.

A spokeswoman for the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources said someone accidentally posted employees' names and Social Security numbers in a file that was on a public access server.

The information was removed from public access on Monday.

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oh my god what is next
investagator7
March 22, 2007 8:08 p.m.
the State of North Carolina doesn't care about the security of its employee's social security numbers...are you kidding...or didn't you know that after EVERY Hurricane the State gives EVERY State Employee's SSN to the USDA (folks who give out emergency food stamps) for cross reference purposes... It doesn't matter if applied, were eligible or not...without your consent or knowledge, if your a State Employee the did it... How's that for releasing information
me-in-raeford
March 22, 2007 3:39 p.m.
"well just think of this as 2,700 new driver license applications for some illegal."

i wonder if those 2700 of the 27,000 new (fraudulent) drivers' licenses were made within the last two months?
2little2late
March 22, 2007 2:46 p.m.
Why was it the NC Dept of Environment and Natural Resources? I assume it would be isolated to workers in those fields for the state.. just an assumption. - I personally do not agree with all of you who are demanding someone be fired for this. THAT person should have a fine but you can be assured they would never do it again... bring in some new sap who has to learn the ropes and you may have a repeat performance. These things are really not that hard to have happen.. not that this makes it right.
Click to view my profile 2
March 22, 2007 2:12 p.m.
If THIS scares you, it's **only going to get worse** with the new Id cards. I'm half laughing at some of the posts. I carry medical info on my person, contact infomation, Only information I leave out is name and ID #'s to keep secure. MOST Government Information is PUBLIC RECORDS. How is that for a scare?
Travised
March 22, 2007 1:42 p.m.
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