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Sensitive Toledo Police Department documents found in trash

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Dissent

Here’s a reminder that not all breaches are cyber breaches. We still read about entities that just toss files with sensitive information in the trash. Alexis Means recently reported on a police department that is allegedly a repeat offender that way: the Toledo Police Department in Ohio.

Toledo Police have launched an investigation into who failed to properly dispose of sensitive police documents.

A local blogger found personal information of a suspect in a trash bin outside of TPD.

This is not the first time TPD administrators have addressed this issue.

We blurred the information on one of the sensitive documents found in the trash outside of TPD. It is information that only TPD should have access to.

“Just like last time around names, addresses Social Security numbers, the whole nine yards. Just like last time,” said Aaron Collins.

Read more at 13 ABC.

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