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Insider steals 79,000 email addresses at work to promote own business

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
30/100

Date Published: 2024-02-20

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Connor Jones

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A former Stratford-on-Avon District Council employee deliberately exfiltrated about 79,000 residents' email addresses from council systems (including data shared with Warwick District Council) to market their private business; no financial data or postal addresses were taken. The person received an official caution, the Information Commissioner’s Office did not pursue the case further, and council leaders say the incident was isolated and has been resolved.

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