Breach Exposes Sensitive California State Employee Data
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News has surfaced of a breach of sensitive data of California state employees.
As reported by The Sacramento Bee, it appears thousands of Social Security numbers have been exposed at the Department of Fish and Wildlife, with the department confirming so in a memo sent to its staff.
It is alleged the breach was discovered in December last year but was only disclosed to employees this week. The California Highway Patrol is thought to be investigating the incident, which is believed to have been brought about as a result of a former state employee downloading data to a personal device before taking the device outside of the state’s network. Read more »