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2012 — An employee accessed certain HR information for…

2012 Unknown records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal

Technical writeup

An employee accessed certain HR information for unauthorized purposes, with what appear to have been failed attempts to misuse the information to obtain fraudulent credit cards. The information included name, contact information, SSN, driver's license numbers and financial account information.

Root cause

Misuse: Knowledge abuse, Privilege abuse

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