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Trojan Compromises Oregon Taxpayers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-the-internet-is-for-porn dept.

Blair writes "An employee at the Oregon Department of Revenue downloaded a trojan file from a porn site, possibly compromising up to 2,200 taxpayers. An information technology security officer with the state said, 'the released data likely involved names, addresses or Social Security numbers, or possibly in some cases all three.' I guess some of our public workers are having too much fun after all."

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  1. Re:Welcome to the present... by digitalhermit · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah thanks.. I live in Broward.. Broward. Known for spammers and tax cheats and now, personal information on public websites. I liked it better when we were known as "the county just north of Miami-Dade County".

  2. Re:On the other hand by treeves · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How surprised would you be if he sued to get his job back and won, claiming privacy infringement or some such thing!
    Was he also playing the lottery online?
    Glad to know where my income tax dollars are going.

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  3. Re:moron! by Firehed · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That wooshing noise you just heard was the joke going over your head.

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  4. Re:moron! by d_54321 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    5. Using a system of taxation that requires personal information on every tax payer, instead of one that doesn't

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