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Hackers Break Into Calif. State Server

Feb 13, 2004 1:02PM PST

Hackers broke into a state agency's server containing the sensitive personal information of tens of thousands of people who work as nannies, butlers, and gardeners, and those who employ them.

Evidence of a computer break-in at the Employment Development Department was discovered Jan. 20 during a routine check and immediately shut down the server that holds information on household workers and their employers, spokesman Kevin Callori said Friday.

The server houses information on about 90,000 people.

The hackers gained access to employee's names, Social Security numbers and wage records, and some employers' Social Security numbers, Callori said.

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/7951775.htm

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