N.J. accidentally reveals personal data of 28K unemployed residents

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/3k_unemployed_nj_residents_may.html

About 28,000 unemployed New Jersey residents now have something else to 
worry about besides finding work -- who has their Social Security number.

The Department of Labor and Workforce Development notified 28,000 people 
through the mail last week that their personal information may have been 
compromised, due to a clerical error possibly sending their Social 
Security numbers to employers whom they did not work for.

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