Employee Accidentally Posts Social Security Numbers on Public Website

Maryland Department of Human Resources is currently contacting victims of a data breach and offering a year of credit monitoring services to those whose Social Security numbers were accidentally posted on a third party website by an employee of their department.

A letter was sent to each person whose information was posted, which was a list of residents receiving benefits from the state such as food stamps. In this letter, those who receive benefits from the Maryland Department of Human Resources is directing clients to http://www.nationalidwatch.org, a website in which they can enter their name and see if they are among those who may have been affected by this breach.

The employee who inadvertently posted the information online is currently under administrative leave and investigation for further information as to why the breach occurred. He may receive disciplinary action.