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MI: Mayor Behnke mistakenly tweets employee data online
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:20:01 +0000 (UTC)
(breach by Twitter... you know it had to happen eventually...) http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20090624/NEWS01/906240314/Mayor+Behnke+mistakenly+tweets+employee+data+online Some Battle Creek city employees are getting free identity protection help after Mayor Mark Behnke posted a document with personnel information to a public Web site. Information on about 65 city workers, including six Social Security numbers, was listed on a city check registry that Behnke put online and linked to using his Twitter.com account, City Attorney Eileen Wicklund said. Behnke said releasing the information was an accident and that the check registries he receives weekly do not usually include private information about employees. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Get business, compliance, IT and security staff on the same page with CREDANT Technologies: The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives. The eBook begins with considerations important to executives and business leaders. http://www.credant.com/campaigns/ebook-chpt-one-web.php
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