Something similar happened in Missouri a few years ago when the state's web developers leaked thousands of social security numbers in the HTML of one of their w

Something similar happened in Missouri a few years ago when the state's web developers leaked thousands of social security numbers in the HTML of one of their websites. A reporter noticed the flaw, reported it to the state government, waited for them to fix it, and then finally publicized the security issue. The governor (Mike Parson) accused the reporter of "hacking" because he clicked the view source button in his browser.