The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a data breach after a former SEC employee “inadvertently and unknowingly” downloaded the names, birthdates and Social Security numbers of employees on to a thumb drive and then transferred the data to another agency. The SEC did not learn of the incident until 10 months after it occurred. It is unclear how many employees were affected. Meanwhile, retailer Lakeland has warned customers of a potential data breach after two encrypted databases were accessed.
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