BUSINESS

Departing Employee Stole Personal Data on 5,200 People: MSD

March 24, 2025
MSD said on March 19 that it has found that an employee planning to leave the company had exfiltrated a list of personal data on roughly 5,200 individuals including business contacts. The list contained the names and contact information of…

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