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    US bank authority warns of data breach that took 10,000 records

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    Jon Fingas
    Jon Fingas
    10.31.2016

    Government data breaches aren't always the work of foreign intruders or even disgruntled employees. Sometimes, it's a staffer who simply isn't security-conscious. The US' Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has revealed that a worker took over 10,000 activity and staff records with him sometime in November 2015, shortly before he retired. The unnamed worker copied a "large number" of files to two thumb drives and, when asked about the data, couldn't find the drives to give them back.