US Town of Brookhaven May 2013 Technical Error (Q16335)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | US Town of Brookhaven May 2013 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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May 2013
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A law enforcement employee made a clerical error that caused the Social Security numbers of 78 ambulance workers and beneficiaries to be available on the town website for five days. The information was accidentally attached to a resolution. A very similar error had occurred before and this one was caused by a failure to click on the no public access check box in the computer system to privatize the information. (English)