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Insider Error Exposes County Data, Taxpayers Face $25,000 Tab
A simple mistake has led to a massive data breach, exposing sensitive personal info of 1,300 county employees and their families, and now taxpayers may face a $25,000 bill to clean up the mess. County Records Manager Mike Bridges accidentally attached a confidential spreadsheet with Social Security numbers to a public-records response, and it only came to light after the error was too late.