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Top official fired for records security breach at St. Louis Recorder of Deeds office

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Dissent

Adam McDonald reports:

A top official in the St. Louis Recorder of Deeds Office has been fired for a vital records security breach of about 19,000 unauthorized copies of death certificates.

The acting Recorder of Deeds, Jennifer Florida, says Preggy Meeker, the alleged suspect, allowed employees to log into Missouri’s vital records system by using the passcode of an employee who retired two years ago. Both are a violation of the law and could lead to possible identity theft.

Read more on KMOV.

So if the employee retired two years ago, why was the passcode still even valid? Why wasn’t it revoked that day? McDonald reports:

Missouri officials say they could have suspended the city’s license, but decided not to. Instead, officials say they will send representatives to train workers.

Training workers to do what? Not share passcodes that should have been revoked? Hopefully the training will include a system for revoking privileges of terminated employees!

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