12,000 exposed to possible ID theft after Jeb Bush publishes emails

Possible 2016 Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has has had to retroactively redact over 12,000 personal details from emails published in the name of transparency.

The former Florida governor released the cache of 332,999 emails sent and received during his eight years in office for transparency. However, the files contained around 12,500 personal details of members of Florida’s population, including names, birthdates and social security numbers – whatThe Guardian describes as “the three pieces of information key to identity theft.”

12,000 exposed to possible ID theft after Jeb Bush publishes emails