From: d2d (d2dattrition.org)
Date: Fri Aug 03 2007 - 23:43:19 CDT

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http://www.tribstar.com/news/local_story_216000536.html

Carlisle . Officials at a Wabash Valley prison confirmed Friday that an
internal computer security breach allowed prison staff access to Social
Security numbers and other identifying information of employees for an
unknown period of time.

Rich Larsen, public information officer for the Wabash Valley Correctional
Facility in Carlisle, said a database containing Social Security numbers,
dates of birth and names of people employed at the facility between 1997
and 2002 was unintentionally moved .from a secure private drive that was
accessible only by the human resources department to a shared directory
that could be accessed by other employees here..

The database was not accessible by the general public, Larsen added.

There have been no complaints or reports of identity theft because of the
breach, Larsen said, but as a precaution, officials sent letters to the
staff members, current and former, whose information was included in the
database.

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