Exclusive: Fired Kemp worker says he is a scapegoat [Massive Georgia data breach]
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/exclusive-fired-kemp-worker-says-he-is-a-scapegoat/npbBC/ The employee fired after being blamed for a massive data breach at the Georgia Secretary of State's Office said Wednesday he has been made a scapegoat by the agency. In an exclusive interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, longtime state programmer Gary Cooley said he did not have the security access to add millions of Social Security numbers and birth dates to a public data file -- something Secretary of State Brian Kemp accused him of doing. And while he acknowledged a role in the gaffe, he also outlined a more complicated series of missteps and miscommunication both within the office and with PCC Technology Group, an outside vendor tasked with managing voter data for the state. - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so. My opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
