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900+ residents’ information compromised in Town of Christiansburg data security breach

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Dissent

WDBJ in Virginia reports:

The town of Christiansburg is offering free credit monitoring to more than 900 people after their information was compromised in a phishing scam.

The scam targeted email accounts of three town employees which contained personally identifiable information from some members of the public, the town said in a news release. There is no evidence that any of the information has been misused.

Read more on WDBJ.

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