Liz F. Kay reports that the Maryland Department of Human Resources employee who posted the Social Security numbers of almost 3,000 state residents has been fired:
“As of today, the employee is no longer employed with the state,” said Nancy Lineman, DHR spokeswoman. She declined to comment further about the employee, stating that this was a personnel matter. “We are still not sure why he used the data in an unauthorized way,” Lineman said.
Lineman said that the DHR is still investigating this incident and that no decision has been made about the filing of criminal charges.
Read more in the Baltimore Sun.