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Personal info possibly compromised for thousands of NC state agency applicants
The personal information of about 6,000 people who took a drug test for a job, internship or to volunteer at the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services could be compromised.
A spreadsheet containing personal information was sent in error to a vendor in an unencrypted email, according to the state agency.
The applicants affected went through routine drug screenings.
“Upon learning of the breach on Sept. 27, 2017, DHHS immediately started an investigation and promptly coordinated with the vendor on the deletion and secure destruction of the personal information in the spreadsheet,” the agency said in a statement.
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article186368908.html