A fired Chicago Schools employee copied a database containing the personal information of around 70,000 people involved with CPS before she left her office for the last time. It is believed that she did this in retaliation for being fired. Thankfully, it doesn’t seem as if the information was used or disseminated in any way, but the potential damage that could be accomplished with that amount of personal information is extremely substantial. People with criminal records could be blackmailed, for example, under threat that their record would be released in a public place. It seems as if the Chicago Schools has a very reliable system in place for detecting these breaches because the former employee only had possession of the information for 24 hours before they were arrested. Companies should be aware that this is a very real and dangerous threat.
https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/89553-fired-chicago-schools-employee-causes-data-breach
Hi Fairman, Thank you for sharing this interesting article.
It is important for any organization to establish and implement formal termination procedure policy to better protect its assets when it needs to terminate employment relationships. terminated. A typical termination procedure policy often includes the following elements:
At least one witness is present during the exit interview.
Account access is disabled during the interview.
Employee identification badges and other physical credentials such as smart cards are collected during or immediately after the interview.
The employee is escorted off the premises immediately after the interview.