Private Records of 3.5 Million Texans Were Mistakenly Leaked by the State(WTF)

[aGameOfThrones]

(Reuters) - The personal records of some 3.5 million Texans were inadvertently exposed after they were placed on a state computer server that was accessible to the public for about a year, state officials said on Monday.

State Comptroller Susan Combs said there is no indication that any of the information, which included names, mailing addresses, Social Security numbers, and possibly dates of birth and drivers license numbers, has been misused.

"I deeply regret the exposure of the personal information that occurred and am angry that it happened," Combs said. "I want to reassure people that the information was sealed off from any public access immediately after the mistake was discovered, and was then moved to a secure location."

"This will not happen again," Combs said.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/11/us-texas-data-idUSTRE73A5MF20110411

[Anti Federalist]

"This will not happen again," Combs said.

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[Kludge]

"Following last week's massive Epsilon e-mail breach, it feels as if all of us suddenly have a little too much personal information floating around online. And now, a large group of Texans are about to have it a lot worse: the state revealed Monday that personal information for 3.5 million citizens has been exposed to the public, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and more.

According to Texas State Comptroller Susan Combs, the data wasn't exposed by a hacker or a group of vigilante scriptkiddies—it ended up on a state-controlled public server after having been passed around between various state agencies. The data came from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Employees Retirement System of Texas, all of whom transferred the unencrypted data (against state policy) between January and May of 2010. The information was only discovered on the public server on March 31, 2011, meaning it has been available for almost a year.

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Full story @ http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2011/04/texas-exposes-addresses-ssns-of-35-million-residents.ars?utm_source=ronpaulforums.com

[aGameOfThrones]

You're late: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?287256-Private-Records-of-3.5-Million-Texans-Were-Mistakenly-Leaked-by-the-State%28WTF%29

[Kludge]

Damn. I've been sucking with searching lately :(

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