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City of Macon Georgia

City of Macon Georgia Data Breach (2011)

City of Macon Georgia

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Disclosed

January 1, 2011

5564 days ago

Records

Undisclosed

Confirmed

Root Cause

Improper Disposal

Industry

Government

Description

A computer repair shop bought used computers on govdeals.com in 2011. The computers were found to have information from city employees when they were removed from storage on January 5. Social Security numbers, pension information, and other personal information from Macon police officers were on the computers. Information from local businesses that was used for city purposes was also on the computers. A total of 39 hard drives, two servers, and two CPUs were purchased and may have contained sensitive information.

City of Macon Georgia Data Breach (2011) | ExposedMap