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EWTN Global Catholic Network, founded by Mother Angelica, has its international headquarters in Irondale, Ala.

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EWTN CEO Michael Warsaw released a statement today about a data breach at the religious non-profit corporation based in Irondale, Ala.

EWTN Global Catholic Network has issued a statement reporting a breach of data revealing employee information. The breach is under investigation and EWTN is cooperating with federal investigators, CEO Michael Warsaw said in a statement released today.

"On Friday evening, February 19, EWTN became aware of a data breach by which we believe a third party obtained access to copies of the 2015 W-2 income and tax withholding statements for all EWTN employees in the United States. Those copies included social security numbers and other personal information for each person employed by EWTN in 2015. Approximately 425 individuals in 25 states are affected. This information was gained through what is commonly known as a 'social engineering' scheme. An outside party posing as another person was able to convince an employee of EWTN to provide copies of the documents by email. The employee responsible has since resigned from EWTN. The data was not obtained through any breach of the Network's information technology systems or security.

"EWTN is actively cooperating with the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, the IRS and other law enforcement authorities to address the matter. The Network is also working with its employees to provide resources to help mitigate any potential damage that may be caused by the unauthorized release of this information.

"We certainly regret that this incident occurred and are committed to doing all that is possible to address the matter and to ensure that this does not happen again in the future."