Employee tried to steal client contact lists containing 1.5 million customers to share it with criminal third party

Synopsis

In April 2018, the company disclosed a data breach impacting 1.5 million customers. The breach was caused by a former employee who stole the data.

The information exposed included the customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers and account balances.

As a result of the breach, the company is offering identity protection for all of its customers at no cost.

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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