Employee sent colleague's confidential information to spouse

Synopsis

In February 2017, the company disclosed a data breach after an employee sent their spouse a spreadsheet containing his colleague's personal information, he did so as he sought his wife's help with a formatting issue.

The exposed information included employee first and last names, place of birth and employee id.

Analyst

Courtenay Brammar

Experienced global enterprise risk and governance professional. Previously Vice President at Morgan Stanley, Deloitte Risk Advisory practitioner and PRMIA steering committee member in both London and New York.

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