The college found out about the breach on March 24.

WIVB reports.

Data leak affects more than 1,000 employees at Kansas college

HUTCHINSON, Kansas (KSN) – It’s tax season, which means people are rushing to fill out their returns on time.

But, some employees at a Kansas community college have to take extra steps this year after a massive data breach that left over one-thousand employees vulnerable to fraud.

Tonight we know the W2 information of 1,357 employees at Hutchinson Community College was leaked to an unauthorized email address.

KSN spoke with one employee who says when he went to file his taxes, he was surprised to find it had already been done.