Photo: Missouri Gov. Mike Parson during a press conference on Feb. 5, 2021. Photo courtesy of Missouri Governor’s Office. Article by  Jason Hancock. Missouri Independent – October 14, 2021. 

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notified a state agency and held its story while a problem that risked exposing the social security numbers of Missouri teachers was fixed

On Tuesday, a reporter with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch alerted the state that Social Security numbers of school teachers and administrators were vulnerable to public exposure due to flaws on a website maintained by Missouri’s department of education. […]

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