US City of Cumberland 2011 Technical Error (Q15269)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | US City of Cumberland 2011 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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January 2011
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Cumberland investigates website security breach CUMBERLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The town of Cumberland is trying to figure out how a 2008 document with the names and social security numbers of 275 employees was uploaded to the towns website. That document has since been taken down and removed from the caches of all search engines. The good news is, none of the employees who are affected appear to have had their identities stolen. And the town is giving all of them 3 months of free credit monitoring so any problems will be picked up on quickly. But this is still pretty scary to those impacted because theres a lot the town doesnt know right now. Winthrop EMS Chief John Dovinsky, who used to do paramedic work for Cumberland said, Its certainly concerning. If you consider the fact that the (English)
