![]() ![]() The City of Providence on Tuesday accidentally released the Social Security numbers of nearly 3,000 former employees in response to a public records request. In March of 2012, GoLocal reported that the City of Providence has released thousands of Social Security numbers: The city's website was back up and running approximately several hours after the hack. The hacker provided the following screengrab of data obtained (SEE BELOW), but neither the city nor the hacker issued any further statements on Sunday. " It appears that the incursion is limited to information contained in the public-facing portions of the website there is no indication that City’s back-end database has been compromised." ![]() "The Providence Police Department, in conjunction with the RI State Police Cyber Crime Division are investigating an incursion in to the public portion of the City’s website," said city spokesperson Evan England in a statement. On Sunday afternoon, the City issued the following statement, saying the situation was being investigated.
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