February 6, 2024 at 02:05PM
Verizon is notifying over 63,000 individuals, mostly employees, about a personal data leak due to an insider’s actions. The leak involved names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and other sensitive information. Most impacted are current employees, with steps being taken to offer credit monitoring and strengthen security measures in response.
Summary:
Verizon notified over 63,000 individuals, primarily current employees, about a data breach caused by insider wrongdoing. Personal data including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, gender, union affiliation, dates of birth, and compensation information was exposed. The majority of those affected are current employees, with some former employees also included in the notification. Verizon confirmed that the incident was an inadvertent disclosure and not a case of malicious intent or external sharing. The company is bolstering its technical controls to prevent future unauthorized file access and is providing affected individuals with two years of free credit monitoring and identity protection services, as well as up to $1 million in reimbursement for stolen funds and expenses due to fraud.
In addition, Verizon experienced a security incident in October 2022 involving the compromise of prepaid customers’ accounts due to unauthorized access to credit card information used for automatic payments. This allowed fraudsters to attempt to transfer victims’ phone numbers to other devices in order to access security codes and break into banking and online accounts.
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