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FL: Sheriff: DCF employee behind data breach affecting 2,000

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Dissent

AP reports:

Investigators say a Florida Department of Children and Family Services employee is accused of leaking personal data to six people in an organized fraud ring.

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports that the data breach affected 2,000 people, and has already amounted to $260,000 in retail theft.

Read more on SFGate.


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