Sacramento Area Firefighters, Local 522

Sacramento Area Fire Fighters, Local 522 disclosed a security breach on March 26, 2012, affecting members' personal information. Between March 5-6, 2012, an employee mistakenly sent a spreadsheet containing names, contact info, and Social Security Numbers to the Sacramento Central Labor Council for mailing label printing. The breach was discovered on March 23, 2012, when members saw their SSNs on printed mailings. The organization contacted third parties to destroy the data and notified members to monitor credit and place fraud alerts.