Pelican Bay Inmates Allegedly Had Access To Personal Data

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Big oops.

Via CBS News.

[snip]

Inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison gained access to personal information about employees, including their Social 
Security numbers, birth dates and pension account information, the state prison guards' union said Thursday.

The California Correctional Peace Officers Association said inmates also had access to prison blueprints in a warehouse 
where the confidential information was stored.

Union President Mike Jimenez said the fact that inmates worked in the warehouse violated a law barring the Department 
of Corrections from assigning prisoners to jobs that give them access to others' personal information.

[snip]

More:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/17/tech/main1325852.shtml

- ferg


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