Parson issues legal threat against Post-Dispatch after database flaws exposed | Politics

“There is no solid basis that Post-Dispatch did anything wrong. History only suggests that the government dropped the ball. It is for the public good that this information is available to protect sensitive information, ”said Maneke.

Auditor Nicole Galloway, a Democrat who was defeated by Parson in the 2020 gubernatorial election, said it was up to the government to protect its citizens.

“Government agencies that collect sensitive, personally identifiable information must carefully consider whether they need to collect it and how to protect it,” said Galloway.

In a statement, House Minority leader Crystal Quade, D-Springfield, beat Parson for calling the incident hacking.

“Rather than falsely blaming the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for a ‘hacking’ that never took place, Governor Parson should thank the newspaper for discovering a fatal flaw in a state website that used the personal information of more than 100,000 Missouri educators, “Quade called.

“The governor should direct his anger at the state government’s failure to keep their technology safe, up-to-date and work to solve the problem, rather than threatening journalists with prosecution for exposing these mistakes,” she said.