Security breach exposes county workers’ personal information

A security breach has exposed the personal information of nearly 1,900 employees of a North Carolina county.

Wake County said in a news release on Friday that a phishing attack on somebody who worked for the county’s former flexible benefit spending accounts administrator exposed the employees’ personal information.

The breach, which the county vendor discovered on Dec. 31, 2019, exposed the name, dates of service and partial Social Security numbers of most affected employees. Some employees had their names, addresses and full Social Security numbers exposed and will be eligible for free credit monitoring.