Government Transparency Site Accidentally Reveals Social Security Numbers, Other Sensitive Info

From the linked article:

A design bug also revealed information about the requester with no safeguards for personally identifiable information.

The problem was with the feature that allowed anyone to search existing FOIA requests. The idea is that people can see what has already been requested, by whom, and in some cases what may have been provided. When users click through to the individual request, the description field is withheld, pending agency approval. Yet those descriptions were viewable in full on the search results page, including if Americans had included their or others’ Social Security numbers or any other personal information.

The FOIA clearinghouse is maintained by Environmental Protection Agency, which provides the IT resources to keep it up. It is up to each government agency that uses the portal, however, to take the care to input the information correctly.

Let’s see, maintained by the EPA; reveals who has requested the information; reveals what information has been requested. In other words: Targeting information.

Well done, EPA!

So we have an ex-CIA agent’s(Democrat, of course) personnel file illegally leaked, now this. On top of Omarosa running around the White House taping everyone from the President to the landscapers, Trump with an unsecured cellphone, babbling top-secret level material to high-ranking Russians. It’s as if this Administration doesn’t understand security except when it’s to cover their asses.