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5 things to know: IT staffer fired in Georgia data breach

A disc containing voter information that was returned by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office on Wednesday. Two Georgia women have filed a class action lawsuit alleging a massive data breach by Secretary of State Brian Kemp involving the Social Security numbers and other private information of more than six million voters statewide. J. Scott Trubey/Staff strubey@ajc.com
A disc containing voter information that was returned by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office on Wednesday. Two Georgia women have filed a class action lawsuit alleging a massive data breach by Secretary of State Brian Kemp involving the Social Security numbers and other private information of more than six million voters statewide. J. Scott Trubey/Staff strubey@ajc.com
Nov 19, 2015

Here are five things you need to know tonight:

1. Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp: The technology staffer responsible for leaking more than 6 million Georgia voters' personal information, including Social Security numbers, has been fired.  [Read more]

2. An e-mail from a University of Georgia employee who spotted a student donning a flag of Arabic writing sparked concerns of an ISIS threat on campus. [Read more]

3. Patients at Georgia hospitals and other hospitals around the nation were forced to be part of an experiment, according to Public Citizen's Health Research Group. [Read more]

4. Covington police are investigating whether the slain Covington puse-snatch victim's credit card has a connection to a Tenn. poultry processing plant, where it was found.. [Read more]

5. Tonight's weather includes clear skies and no storms. [See the forecast]

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