U.S. authorities contractor Booz Allen Hamilton has disclosed {that a} former staffer downloaded probably tens of 1000’s of workers’ private info from the corporate’s inner community.
The federal government and protection contractor mentioned that one in all its staffers, whereas nonetheless employed by the corporate, downloaded a report containing the non-public info of “lively workers as of March 29, 2021.”
A copy of Booz Allen’s web site archived in March 2021 mentioned the corporate had 27,600 workers, a lot of whom are contracted to U.S. authorities, army and intelligence companies and maintain high-level safety clearances.
The discover mentioned that the report downloaded by the worker contained, “your title, Social Safety quantity, compensation, gender, race, ethnicity, date of beginning, and U.S. Authorities safety clearance eligibility and standing as of March 29, 2021.”
Booz Allen mentioned the report containing the non-public info was “improperly saved on an inner SharePoint web site,” however didn’t say what circumstances led to the invention of the info, solely that it “not too long ago discovered” of the staffer’s exercise.
The information breach discover, filed with the California lawyer basic’s workplace this week, mentioned Booz Allen found the info publicity on April 14, 2022.
The info breach discover mentioned the now-former staffer acted “in direct contradiction” of the corporate’s insurance policies, however that the corporate does “not imagine that the person meant to misuse any of the non-public info within the report back to trigger hurt to Booz Allen workers.” It’s not clear if the person has been charged with any legal offenses.
