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<DIV>Letters were mailed Monday by the state Department of Public Welfare
informing welfare clients that their personal information was breached last
week. <BR><BR>Paper jams in a state Department of General Services mail inserter
caused 2,845 benefit renewal packets to go to the wrong Pennsylvania welfare
client's home. Nearly half of them included the intended recipients' Social
Security numbers. <BR><BR>The department placed a 90-day fraud alert on the
credit reports of people whose Social Security numbers were shared through the
mistake. <BR><BR>"We're taking it very seriously," said Anne Rung, deputy
secretary for administration and procurement for General Services. <BR></DIV>
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