Baltimore City employees hit with data breach

On Thursday, Baltimore city officials discovered the personal information of an unknown number of city employees was stolen and used to file fraudulent tax returns, according to The Baltimore Sun.

Thus far, it is suspected Social Security numbers, names and birthdays were amongst the stolen information, according to the report. The breach was discovered when a number of employees had their tax returns denied. The full scope of the breach has yet to be discovered.

The city shutdown online access to its payroll and tax information, according to the report. Notices are being sent to all city employees.

The FBI and Baltimore police are investigating the breach.

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