Ohio prison system accidentally releases 2, 000 prisoner Social Security numbers to identity thief

[Inga Goddijn <inga () riskbasedsecurity com>]

http://www.10news.com/news/ohio-prison-system-accidentally-releases-2000-prisoner-social-security-numbers-to-identity-thief-030817

The Ohio prisons system has accidentally released about 2,000 prisoners'
Social Security numbers as part of a records request by a convicted
identity thief.

The information was included on a list of inmates at Chillicothe
Correctional Institution provided to an ex-offender who regularly requests
inmate rosters.

The Mansfield News Journal reports 43-year-old Lonny Bristow turned the
information over to the newspaper Tuesday, a day after receiving the
records.

Bristow's past convictions include credit card scams committed while
serving previous sentences. Bristow says that it's "ironic" that the
prisons system turned the information over to him but that he didn't plan
to use it because his criminal life is over.


Prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith says that the agency is looking into
identity theft monitoring services for the affected inmates.

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