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A Puerto Rico Government Agency Exposed 1 Million Social Security Numbers

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A cybersecurity loophole in an official government mapping service left private data easily accessible, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo and ProPublica learned.

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A Puerto Rico Government Agency Exposed 1 Million Social Security Numbers

A cybersecurity loophole in an official government mapping service left private data easily accessible, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo and ProPublica learned.

·New York, United States
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The government agency that collects property contributions in Puerto Rico inadvertently exposed the Social Security numbers of approximately one million people, learned about the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI) and ProPublica. This is the most recent cyber security failure of the Puerto Rico government, which over the past three years has seen security gaps have caused the interruption of government services, leaving websites out of se…

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ProPublica broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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