Elmore County officials alerted residents in the local community that a recent cyber incident involving a county employee’s e-mail accounts possibly accessed and acquired people’s protected health information without their authorization.

In a press release posted Friday afternoon, county officials began notifying individuals regarding this incident in which a county employee’s e-mail account started sending “spam” e-mails.

People from the local community make their way through the halls of Hacker Middle School as they take part in this year's Step It Up program.

Photo courtesy of the Mountain Home Parks and Recreation Department

People in the Mountain Home area dedicated their time over the past nine months to walk hundreds of miles as they took part in a yearly event that helps promote personal fitness and other healthy habits.

Four days a week throughout the school year, these people gathered at Hacker Middle School for two hours each of these days as they took part in the Step It Up program.

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