About 810 residents who had applied for the Massachusetts Commonwealth Solar rebate program had their personal information posted on a government Web site for nearly an hour, according to a notice from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.
The quasi-public agency that administers the program said a file containing the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of customers and businesses was posted on the MTC’s Web site for 50 minutes June 25 before being taken down. The data breach affected most of the people who applied for the program. As of May 31, 846 residents had submitted applications.
A security consultant hired by the agency found that one user accessed the file during the incident.
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