2015 — Jefferson County: Jefferson County residents were alerted to a…
Data compromised
Personal information
Technical writeup
Jefferson County residents were alerted to a databreach of the Jefferson County Clerks office, when online county records exposed personal information of individuals. The information exposed thousands of Social Security numbers of current and former Jefferson County residents. The issue lingers from an unresolved statewide privacy gap spotted
almost a decade ago, when it became apparent county clerks were
uploading old records containing personal information to their
electronic databases.Jeff
Root cause
Unintended disclosure