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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A State worker who uploaded sensitive information resigns By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau SALEM — A state employee who uploaded sensitive personal infor- mation on at least 15,300 Oregonians to a personal cloud storage account resigned this week, according to the Oregon Department of Revenue. The employee uploaded about 60 spreadsheets containing more than half a million records, including names, addresses and Social Security numbers, to a personal account on Google Drive, Google’s cloud storage service, Feb. 21. The information was used by the department to reconcile accounts, but the employee sought to upload it to a personal account because he wanted to use the spreadsheets and queries “as templates for his work prod- ucts at a future employer,” the department said in a prepared statement in response to ques- tions from the EO/Pamplin Capital Bureau this week. The spreadsheets were the work product of a former department employee and used “complex queries” to gather data and do calcula- tions, the department said. The employee used a state computer to upload the information to Google Drive, which can be accessed from different computers with appropriate account creden- tials. The upload was detected by department officials in a routine review of system logs. During the investigation, the unidentified employee provided the department with his Google login and all agency files were deleted from the personal account, and IT security staff confirmed there were no backups, nor application data, left in the user’s Google Drive account, the department said. The Oregon State Police determined the incident was Former Navy captain setting his sights on governor’s mansion By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian “non-criminal in nature” during the early stages of the state’s investigation. Department represen- tatives said March 23 that the information of roughly 36,000 people could have been compromised by the act, but said Friday that the spreadsheets contained “numerous duplicate records.” The department sent direct notifications by mail to about 15,300 people. The department is also paying for identity theft protection services for those people whose information was included in the upload “on the off chance the files were accessed in a way we couldn’t detect,” Gasperini said. The individual notifica- tions and recovery services are costing the department $28,810. The department also says that there’s no evidence to suggest that the personal information was shared beyond the employee’s personal account. The incident was detected Feb. 23, and the employee was placed on paid adminis- trative leave three days later, but the revenue department didn’t issue a public notice of the incident until March 23. “The investigation into the incident itself was complete within a few days, but combing through what was removed from the drive to determine how many people could potentially impacted took much longer,” Gasperini said by way of explanation. “... As soon as we were relatively confident in the refined group of records, which was March 22, we finalized the press release that was issued March 23, the next day. We were also working on matching records with contact information so we could move forward with individual, direct notification through the ID recovery services vendor as soon as possible after the general public notification.” Greg Wooldridge is hoping to use his sterling military career to propel him into Oregon’s highest office. Wooldridge, one of 10 Republicans running for governor in Oregon, visited Hermiston on Friday. If elected, he said he hopes to heal the urban-rural divide, to heal the school systems, the PERS system and the lack of trust in Oregon’s government. The former Navy captain has never held elected office. But he points to his experi- ence running a naval airbase in the San Joaquin Valley — including services for thousands of families living on-base and billions of dollars in aircraft assets — that earned the Presidential Installation of Excellence Award for being “the best Navy base in the world.” “It was the same kind of span of control in working with people and trying to get good outcomes and managing a budget,” he said. He said he is also the only person to serve as flight leader of the Navy’s Blue Angels three different times, working to elevate morale and performance until they were performing 400-mile-per-hour maneuvers 18 inches apart instead of 36 inches. He later worked with FedEx to elevate the compa- ny’s air freight operations and now trains companies on elevating performance. He hopes to elevate the state government’s performance by setting clear expectations for department heads and “bringing the legislature together.” “I don’t like the term ‘drain the swamp’ because I don’t think there’s a swamp,” he said. “I think they’re good people.” Wooldridge said beyond holding departments more accountable, he also believes that it would be good for the Democratic-controlled legis- lature to know that any legis- 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and postal holidays, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Periodicals postage paid at Pendleton, OR. 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Mostly cloudy, a shower; breezy 60° 47° 57° 38° MONDAY Sunny TUESDAY Spotty showers in the afternoon Mostly cloudy 65° 45° 67° 44° 62° 38° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 62° 40° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH Yesterday Normals Records LOW 66° 59° 81° (1934) 45° 38° 25° (1911) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.07" 0.13" 0.27" 3.84" 6.27" 4.23" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH Yesterday Normals Records LOW 70° 63° 83° (1952) 45° 38° 22° (1939) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.10" 0.15" 0.14" 2.53" 4.93" 3.25" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Last New Apr 8 Apr 15 6:24 a.m. 7:31 p.m. 1:54 a.m. 11:13 a.m. First Full Apr 22 68° 43° 66° 44° 63° 40° Seattle 57/47 ALMANAC Apr 29 Classified & Legal Advertising 1-800-962-2819 or 541-278-2678 classifieds@eastoregonian.com or legals@eastoregonian.com NEWS • To submit news tips and press releases: call 541-966-0818 or email news@eastoregonian.com • To submit community events, calendar items and Your EO News: email community@eastoregonian.com or call Tammy Malgesini at 541-564-4539 or Renee Struthers at 541-966-0818. • To submit engagements, weddings and anniversaries: email rstruthers@eastoregonian.com or visit www.eastoregonian. com/community/announcements • To submit sports or outdoors information or tips: 541-966-0838 • sports@eastoregonian.com Business Office Manager: Janna Heimgartner 541-966-0822 • jheimgartner@eastoregonian.com COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com Today WEDNESDAY PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 64° 49° Corrections REGIONAL CITIES Forecast Spokane Wenatchee 51/41 54/41 Tacoma Moses 57/46 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 58/45 51/42 53/49 54/46 59/41 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 54/47 57/47 Lewiston 63/49 Astoria 58/46 53/46 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 57/48 Pendleton 57/38 The Dalles 64/49 60/47 59/49 La Grande Salem 60/41 55/47 Albany Corvallis 54/47 54/46 John Day 59/42 Ontario Eugene Bend 67/48 54/44 54/37 Caldwell Burns 65/47 56/34 Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Hi 53 61 54 53 56 57 54 59 64 59 51 60 56 58 51 54 67 61 60 57 57 55 51 55 55 57 59 Lo 46 39 37 45 34 38 44 45 49 42 36 41 39 44 46 46 48 48 47 48 37 47 41 39 47 47 41 W r r r sh r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sun. Hi 52 55 53 55 52 47 54 54 62 51 54 50 47 60 51 53 61 62 57 55 56 57 53 47 54 56 64 Lo 41 30 29 42 23 32 35 37 40 33 26 33 33 36 41 41 37 39 38 42 27 38 37 30 40 43 37 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W r c c pc c c r c c c pc c c r r r c c c r r r c c r c c WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 53 74 76 60 80 43 67 66 50 82 68 Lo 35 63 54 48 54 28 52 49 36 67 48 W pc c pc sh pc pc t s s s pc Sun. Hi 67 78 69 55 79 50 69 71 52 83 62 Lo 42 69 51 48 55 37 52 53 38 66 49 W c pc s sh pc pc sh pc c s pc WINDS Medford 58/44 (in mph) Klamath Falls 51/36 Boardman Pendleton REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Windy today and tonight with rain. Eastern Washington: On-and-off rain and drizzle today. Eastern and Central Oregon: Windy today. Periods of rain; only during the morning in the south. Western Washington: Rain today and to- night. Occasional rain and drizzle tomorrow. Cascades: Breezy today with rain. Intermit- tent snow tonight, accumulating 1-3 inches. Northern California: Showers today; snow, accumulating 1-3 inches in the interior mountains. Today Sunday SW 12-25 WSW 8-16 WSW 12-25 W 12-25 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 0 1 1 “The Beaverton Police came and they were so good and handled things so well, but that was a wake-up call to me that these issues are out there,” he said. Wooldridge said despite choosing to settle in the Portland area after the Navy (he grew up in Illinois), he does want to look out for the interests of rural Oregon through supporting agriculture and better management of Oregon’s forests. “City folks want to enjoy the natural resources in our way and then say nobody else can touch them,” he said. Wooldridge’s lack of expe- rience as an elected official and his urban address might create some barriers toward winning over rural Republi- cans in Oregon, but he said he “absolutely” believes that a Republican can beat Governor Kate Brown this year and that he is the one to do it. ——— Contact Jade McDowell at jmcdowell@eastoregonian. com or 541-564-4536. The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. Circulation Manager: Marcy Rosenberg • 541-966-0828 • mrosenberg@eastoregonian.com Copyright © 2018, EO Media Group Occasional rain a defined benefit to a defined contribution, more like — and this is a dirty word with some of the unions — but more like a 401(k),” he said. When asked about immi- gration, Wooldridge said he understood that Oregon depends on immigrant labor for agriculture. But he said the government needed to find ways for those jobs to be filled without a system that encourages people to come into the country illegally and be exploited because of their status. He also said he would work as governor to end Oregon’s sanctuary status. “I think it’s a public safety issue, because people are being let back on the street that shouldn’t be on the street,” he said. He also said he’s passionate about improving mental health services. He got choked up recounting a story when he saw a woman standing on the edge of a bridge, preparing to jump. Wooldridge and another passerby managed to pull her down and called the police. 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At the same time, he said although he holds conserva- tive ideals he is a “realist” about getting things done and doesn’t feel bound to always follow the party line. Infrastructure, the Public Employees Retirement System and education are Wooldridge’s three main focuses. He wants to provide the funding to decrease class sizes at the elementary school so that children don’t get frus- trated with school early, then follow up with getting more hands-on classes at the high school level that help motivate teens to stay in school and graduate with “labor-ready” skills like welding or computer programming. Wooldridge said the state also needs to step up its investments in transportation infrastructure. “You can’t move commerce without working infrastructure,” he said. He also wants to tackle the growing PERS deficit. “I want to take PERS from SUBSCRIPTION RATES www.eastoregonian.com TODAY Contributed photo Oregon Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Wooldridge speaks at the 2018 Dorchester Conference in Salem. Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — Saturday, April 7, 2018 2 1 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: As rain and thunderstorms push across the Southeastern states, a nar- row swath of snow will affect the mid-Atlantic today. 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