As many as 4,000 current and former Oxford County employees may have had their personal information compromised in a recent cybersecurity incident, the local government’s warden says.

Echoing an apologetic statement from Oxford County, Warden Marcus Ryan said he was sorry the incident happened, adding the county was “doing every single thing” it could to “minimize risk and impact” to anyone affected.

“People trust us with their information, and I’m sorry that this has happened and (hackers) may have got access to their information,” Ryan said on Thursday.

“Unfortunately, this is the world we live in now where our information is precious and literally worth money to other people, and they will go to trouble to try and take it from us.”

Oxford County’s statement said past employees would

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