Showing posts with label identity theft. Show all posts
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Monday, April 11, 2011

Personal information of 3.5 million Texans made public in comptroller data breach

AUSTIN — Texas Comptroller Susan Combs revealed Monday that the personal information of 3.5 million people has been inadvertently disclosed by her agency, making Social Security numbers, dates of birth and other data accessible to the public.

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Texas Comptroller computer breach exposes private records of 3.5 million Texans

A security breach at the Texas Comptroller's office has resulted in the inadvertent disclosed of personal information about 3.5 million Texans. The data was mistakenly put on a state computer server available to the public.

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