MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The chief executive of the company that controls a database containing sensitive information about senior citizens and disabled people in Wisconsin says the data was never at risk of a breach.

The statement from Harmony Information Systems chief executive officer Tonya Harmon comes in spite of an e-mail from a state official who said he identified a "significant security hole" in the database.

And a senior center volunteer said he had found a problem that could lead to thousands of records being compromised.

But Harmon said Thursday the volunteer was mistaken, the information was never at risk, and comments in the e-mail were taken out of context.