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<b>Online Exclusive:</b> Virginia Police Wrestle with Software Glitch
A day after a Richmond, VA, privacy advocate told newspapers that she was able to access the city's police files and obtain confidential information about city officials and judges, police in Richmond said they have found the software glitch that allowed the security breach. Police added in a public statement that they do not believe the information that was accessed was actually made public, but that they believe the claims of privacy activist, B.J. Ostergren that she took the information to make a point about security ' not for ID theft purposes.
Ostergren told the Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper and TV and radio outlets that she was able to download Social Security numbers, names, addresses, and more information about more than 20 city officials from its Web site. Also on the database were records of thousands of private citizens, but Ostergren told the newspaper she did not access those records.
A day after a Richmond, VA, privacy advocate told newspapers that she was able to access the city's police files and obtain confidential information about city officials and judges, police in Richmond said they have found the software glitch that allowed the security breach. Police added in a public statement that they do not believe the information that was accessed was actually made public, but that they believe the claims of privacy activist, B.J. Ostergren that she took the information to make a point about security ' not for ID theft purposes.
Ostergren told the Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper and TV and radio outlets that she was able to download Social Security numbers, names, addresses, and more information about more than 20 city officials from its Web site. Also on the database were records of thousands of private citizens, but Ostergren told the newspaper she did not access those records.
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