An executive at an insurance firm sent out a document that contained confidential information, including employees’ names, email addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, employee ID numbers, office locations, and the details of their medical insurance plans. The problem was the email was accidentally sent to an external mailing blast list.
As a result of the incident, the insurance firm had a loss of revenue and the employee was fired. Damage control also included additional time cleaning up what they could of the mess.
