Booz Allen says former staffer downloaded staff’ private information • TechCrunch

U.S. authorities contractor Booz Allen Hamilton has disclosed {that a} former staffer downloaded probably tens of hundreds of staff’ private data from the corporate’s inner community.

The federal government and protection contractor stated that certainly one of its staffers, whereas nonetheless employed by the corporate, downloaded a report containing the non-public data of “energetic staff as of March 29, 2021.”

A duplicate of Booz Allen’s web site archived in March 2021 stated the corporate had 27,600 staff, lots of that are contracted to U.S. authorities, army and intelligence businesses and maintain high-level safety clearances.

The discover stated that the report downloaded by the worker contained, “your title, Social Safety quantity, compensation, gender, race, ethnicity, date of delivery, and U.S. Authorities safety clearance eligibility and standing as of March 29, 2021.”

Booz Allen stated the report containing the non-public data was “improperly saved on an inner SharePoint web site,” however didn’t say what circumstances led to the invention of the information, solely that it “just lately realized” of the staffer’s exercise.

The info breach discover, filed with the California lawyer basic’s workplace this week, stated Booz Allen found the information publicity on April 14, 2022.

The info breach discover stated the now-former staffer acted “in direct contradiction” of the corporate’s insurance policies, however that the corporate does “not consider that the person supposed to misuse any of the non-public data within the report back to trigger hurt to Booz Allen staff.” It’s not clear if the person has been charged with any legal offenses.