College employees' information released in email mishap

NANTICOKE, Pa. (AP) — Staff at a northeastern Pennsylvania community college inadvertently released Social Security numbers and other personal information belonging to more than 250 employees.

An email sent March 2 to staff at Luzerne County Community College included a file attachment with employee names, school ID numbers, Social Security numbers and health insurance information.

A school spokesman says the email only went to staff. The college sent a follow-up email directing recipients to disregard the first message and to delete it “as soon as possible."

Spokesman Robert Bogdon says the school's IT department removed the email from recipients' accounts.