In November 2017, residents in Maine receiving foster care were advised that their personal information had been exposed.
During a system upgrade on 21st September 2017, a contractor hired by the Maine Office of Information Technology accidentally posted the private information, which included names of foster children and legal guardians, addresses and Social Security numbers.
The information was publicly available for less than half a work day and once it was discovered the data was removed from the site.
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