Thousands of records mistakenly deleted from Pa. state government computer servers

The Pa. State Capitol Complex; a birds-eye view

Data deletion on commonwealth servers – some of which has not yet been recovered – occurred earlier this month and multiple sources say some state employees lost their job over it. File/Matthew Dressler | Special to PennLive

Human error caused the loss of thousands of records from at least two state agencies stored on the state’s computer system servers.

Some of the data from the Pennsylvania State Police and State Employee’ Retirement System has yet to be recovered, Shapiro Administration officials have confirmed.

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