The Utah State Bar has determined that “human error” is to blame for the photo of a topless woman that was emailed to attorneys across the state earlier this week.
The Bar on Monday afternoon sent an email with two images to Utah lawyers. The first was an image advertising the Bar’s 2018 Spring Convention in St. George. Beneath it was a photo of a woman’s bare chest.
After an investigation this week, the Utah State Bar Commission determined that the inappropriate photo was attached by accident — not the result of any malicious attack.
“We have determined a link to the inappropriate image was inadvertently added to the email as a result of a human error,” a Bar statement reads. “That error is being addressed as a personnel issue.”
The email was sent to all active attorneys in Utah, according to a news release sent earlier this week.
Bar officials said Friday that the inappropriate image was not in the Bar’s database and the image contained no malware.
“We are taking steps to assure this type of problem doesn’t happen again,” the Commission said in a statement. “We apologize again for this incident and have committed to improving controls over our communications.”
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