Ohio Security Breach: More Bad News from Governor Strickland

Almost a quarter million of Ohio’s taxpayers have had their personal information compromised. The data were on the stolen storage device:

“…Those affected are 225,000 Ohioans who have not cashed state or school personal income tax checks issued since 2005, 602 Ohio Lottery winners who haven’t cashed their checks, 2,488 Ohioans who have haven’t cashed checks for previously unclaimed property, and 650 to 1,000 people for whom electronic fund transfers had failed.”

link: Stolen tape has data on 225,000 Ohio taxpayers

Governor Strickland has noted that there has not been a case of identity theft reported yet. However, for the state to cover the cost of credit monitoring for the those who have had their personal data exposed, the costs will be in the millions.

Catherine Forsythe

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