INDOT employee info posted on internal computer drive

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http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/16554895.htm

The names and Social Security numbers of about 4,000 employees of
the Indiana Department of Transportation were inadvertently posted
on an internal network computer drive, the agency said Friday.

In a letter sent to the workers Friday, INDOT Commissioner Karl
Browning said the file was available to any employee with computer
access and could have been viewed by a limited number of third-party
contractors with access to the drive. The file was posted on the
drive sometime between Sept. 6 and Dec. 4 last year.

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