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BRIEF: Data breach suspected at Sheriff's Office [Albert Lea Tribune, Minn.](Albert Lea Tribune (MN) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 31--Was investigation disseminated? Freeborn County administration is investigating a suspected data breach within law enforcement, according to Administrator John Kluever. He said he and other information technology staff are looking into the possibility that someone was unnecessarily viewing open investigation files and disseminating parts of those files in the public. He declined to comment on how the suspected breach was discovered and whether it has any connection to the upcoming election in the Freeborn County Sheriff's Office. "If you access something for a nongovernmental purpose, that would be a data breach," Kluever said. He hopes to have more answers by the end of next week. The Freeborn County Sheriff's Office has been rife with controversy and even an anonymously defamatory website, which also is under investigation. It's unclear whether the data breach is related. Look to the Tribune for more information as it becomes available. ___ (c)2014 the Albert Lea Tribune (Albert Lea, Minn.) Visit the Albert Lea Tribune (Albert Lea, Minn.) at www.albertleatribune.com Distributed by MCT Information Services |