Governor slams paper for uncovering data security flaw
Friday, October 15, 2021
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday condemned one of Missouri's largest newspapers for exposing a flaw in a state database allowing public access to thousands of teachers' Social Security numbers, even though the paper held off from reporting about the flaw until after the state could fix it.
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