York County officials have released a warning to residents that a “data privacy event” might have put their information at risk.
County officials shared that “in early 2025, the county was notified of a possible data security incident” involving a vendor working with them.
An employee of that vendor had been hired to develop software for York County Civil Courts, and was provided “with certain York County Civil Courts data to use for software development and testing purposes,” according to the announcement.
“The employee subsequently left the vendor’s employment without returning this data,” the press release read.
The alert noted that there is no evidence that the former employee misused the data, or shared it with anyone.
However, it said that “the county is completing a comprehensive review of the incident to identify the specific information that was accessed.”
The York County website notes that the potentially exposed data includes contact information, driver’s license or state ID card numbers, financial and medical information, and Social Security numbers.
County officials are currently working to identify the people whose information was included in the data given to the former employee.
Residents can refer to the York County website for additional information, or can reach out to the York County Solicitor’s Office by mail at the following address: York County, Attention: 28 E. Market St, York, PA 17401.
