600 City of Muncie employees hit by “data privacy incident” that exposed SSN [Video]

MUNCIE — The City of Muncie is alerting hundreds of employees of a data breach that their exposed their personal information, including W2 documents.

In a letter dated August 8, Mayor Dan Ridenour informed city workers of a “data privacy incident” that happened on July 12.

“We discovered that certain W2 documents had been inadvertently emailed to an unintended recipient due to a sophisticated social engineering scheme,” read the letter. “As a result, your W2 information may have been subject to unauthorized access.”

W-2 forms show the income you earned the previous year and what taxes were withheld.

They also contain personal information like Social Security numbers.

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The mayor said they worked with law enforcement and conducted a thorough investigation and found first and last names, as well as Social Security numbers were exposed.

“While we have no reason to believe that this information has been or will be …