Indiana: State site may have accidentally released Social Security numbers

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070507/News01/70507025

The state Department of Administration may have inadvertently disclosed 
the Social Security numbers of dozens of people involved with women- or 
minority-owned businesses, officials said today.

A Department of Administration employee was uploading a list of certified 
women or minority business enterprises to the department's Web site near 
the end of the working day last Wednesday, said Anthony Green, deputy 
commissioner and general counsel. The employee inadvertently also put the 
tax identification numbers of the businesses online, a mistake that was 
noticed by another employee and corrected Thursday morning.

Some businesses and sole proprietorships use the owner's Social Security 
number as a tax ID, so the department sent out letters warning people that 
their Social Security number may have been seen online during the period 
of about 12 hours, Green said.

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