[Dataloss] Oregon - State says taxpayer files may have been compromised

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http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8I7JI4G0.html

06/13/2006

Associated Press

Electronic files containing personal data of up to 2,200 Oregon taxpayers 
may have been compromised by an ex-employee's unauthorized use of a 
computer, the Oregon Department of Revenue said Tuesday.

Amy McLaughlin, an information technology security officer with the state, 
said the incident apparently occurred when an employee downloaded a 
contaminated file from a porn site. The "trojan" attached to the file may 
have sent taxpayer information back to the source when the computer was 
turned on.

"We're not 100 percent certain they were received by anyone," said 
department spokeswoman Rosemary Hardin.

Hardin said the released data likely involved names or addresses or Social 
Security numbers, or possibly in some cases all three. It's unclear if it 
was damaging but said some of the data may have gotten back to the porn 
site.

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