Data about 139 officers left on donated computer

CHAMPAIGN – Names and Social Security numbers for 139 Champaign police officers were left on a computer donated to charity.

The city notified those in the database that their personal information may have been unintentionally released, but city staff members do not believe the data was compromised, according to Information Technologies Director Fred Halenar.

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