Indiana Department of Administration Briefly Exposes Employees Information Online

Almost 9,000 social security numbers of current and former state employees of the Indiana Department of Administration were exposed online for approximately two hours.

A department employee noticed the files, and immediately notified officials. By the time the information was pulled, four companies had had access to the files.

The Indiana Department of Administration obtained sworn affidavits for three of the companies, and have subpoenaed an internet service provider to access the information of the fourth entity that accessed the files.

A similar incident happened in May of 2007 when Social Security numbers of women of minority-owned businesses were posted on the department’s web site. According to the department they are doing everything they can to keep data safer and more protected from data breaches.

As the data breach was brief, identity theft is less likely but employees should still consider enrolling in a credit monitoring service to keep an eye for fraudulent transactions on their credit report.